Twana

The Twana occupied the shores and watersheds of Hood Canal, the long inlet east of the Olympic Mountains. Their nine communities included the Skokomish, or people of the big river, whose winter villages stood along the Skokomish River. Other villages lay near salmon streams entering the salt water. In warmer months families dispersed to fish, hunt and gather, returning to permanent villages for winter. In 1792 George Vancouver explored the canal and visited a village near the river mouth to barter with its inhabitants.