Bremerton Washington is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Washington Annex of Naval Base Kitsap.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,938 |
11 Facts About Bremerton Washington
2.
Bremerton Washington is connected to downtown Seattle by two ferries: a 60-minute ferry that carries both vehicles and walk-on passengers, and a 28-minute Fast Ferry that carries passengers and a limited number of bicycles.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,939 |
3.
The city is divided by the Port Bremerton Washington Narrows, a strait spanned by two bridges that connect the eastern and western sides of the city.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,940 |
4.
Bremerton Washington is bordered to the south, across Sinclair Inlet, by the city of Port Orchard.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,941 |
5.
Bremerton Washington is divided among three state legislative districts in Kitsap County, the 23rd legislative district to the north, 35th legislative district in the center and 26th legislative district to the south.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,942 |
6.
Bremerton Washington is within the historical territory of the Suquamish people.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,943 |
8.
Bremerton Washington absorbed Charleston, its neighboring city to the south in 1927.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,945 |
9.
Growth in East Bremerton necessitated the construction of another span across the Port Washington Narrows in 1958.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,946 |
10.
Bremerton Washington has a Mediterranean climate, with warm dry summers and wet semi-mild winters.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,947 |
11.
Bremerton Washington was home to the Kitsap BlueJackets baseball team of the summer collegiate West Coast League until 2017.
| FactSnippet No. 1,190,948 |