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                                      Meet Clear Creek


  In 1993, Paul Brittain, a local businessman, decided something should, something could be done with the Clear Creek corridor and stream. In the middle of Kitsap County’s most rapidly developing commercial area, Silverdale, the stream and its riparian area needed to be preserved for future generations.

  The beautiful little stream, with its headwaters several miles north of Silverdale, arrives at a pleasant estuary and then drains into Dyes Inlet, part of the Puget Sound. Once meandering through a quiet rural area, the stream was ignored in the boom of retail and commercial development that began in the late 1970’s in Silverdale. Actually, not entirely ignored, at one point there was serious discussion of capturing the stream in almost 2 miles of culverts, to make development easier.   Fortunately, that action was not taken but the ensuing retail and commercial development took place with each and every building turning their backs on the historical little stream instead of taking advantage of the natural beauty and heritage.