Editing Neah Bay, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:A Gatherer of Faggots at Neah Bay.jpg|thumb|upright|Photograph of a [[Makah people|Makah]] woman carrying wood along Neah Bay in 1908 by [[Asahel Curtis]]]]
The name "Neah" refers to the [[Makah people|Makah]] Chief Dee-ah, pronounced Neah in the [[Klallam language]]. The town is named for the water body Neah Bay, which acquired its name in the early 19th century. A number of names were used for the bay before it was established as Neah Bay. In August 1788 Captain [[Charles Duncan (captain)|Charles Duncan]], a British trader, charted a bay at the location of Neah Bay, but did not give it a name. In 1790 [[Manuel Quimper]] took possession of the bay for Spain and named it "Bahía de Núñez Gaona" in honor of [[Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta]], viceroy of [[New Spain]]. In 1792 [[Salvador Fidalgo]] began to build a Spanish fort on Neah Bay, but the project failed within the year and the cannon and supplies were transported to the more northerly colony of [[Santa Cruz de Nuca]]. While Fidalgo was working on the fort [[George Vancouver]] charted but did not stop at the bay. American traders called Neah Bay "Poverty Cove". In 1841 the [[United States Exploring Expedition]] under [[Charles Wilkes]] mapped the region and named Neah Bay "Scarborough Harbour" in honor of Captain James Scarborough of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]], who had provided assistance to the expedition. The Wilkes map contained the first use of the word "Neah", but for the bay's island, now called [[Waadah Island]]. The bay was first called Neah in 1847 by Captain [[Henry Kellett]] during his reorganization of the British Admiralty charts. Kellett spelled it "Neeah Bay".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Meany |first= Edmond S. |author-link= Edmond S. Meany |year= 1921 |title= Origin of Washington Geographic Names |journal= The Pacific Northwest Quarterly |volume= X-XI |pages= 279–280 |publisher= Washington University State Historical Society |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m3BbU-rG1dwC |access-date=2009-06-11}}</ref>
[[File:Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay - 1910.jpg|thumb|Indian [[Whaling|whalers]] stripping their prey at Neah Bay - 1910]]

In 1929, the [[Neah Bay Dock Company]], a subsidiary of the [[Puget Sound Navigation Company]], owned a wharf and a hotel at Neah Bay.<ref>Kline and Bayless, ''Ferryboats –  A Legend on Puget Sound'', at page182.</ref>

In 2020, due to the [[coronavirus pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], Neah Bay and the Makah Reservation were closed to anyone who was not a Makah tribal member. The tribal council decided to reopen the reservation on 15 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://makah.com/|title=Neah Bay, Washington: Welcome|website=Makah Tribe|accessdate=Mar 22, 2023}}</ref>