Oakland Bay
[image:Oakland Bay of the Puget Sound.jpg|thumb|right|Oakland Bay seen from the juncture with Hammersley Inlet, looking north.]
Oakland Bay is a tidal estuarial body of water near the city of Shelton, Washington. Oakland Bay is the terminus of Hammersley Inlet, which connects the bay and inlet to the larger Puget Sound. Oakland sat at the end of both Oakland Bay and Hammersley Inlet, where Mason Lake Road now meets State Route 3; Oakland was the first county seat of Mason County. The community of Bay Shore, Washington, was located on Oakland Bay. The Sierra Pacific Mill, which was the Simpson Timber Company and ITT/Rayonier mill, occupies the Oakland Bay waterfront at the City of Shelton. The bay’s major freshwater inlet is Goldsborough Creek, which runs through the City of Shelton, as does Shelton Creek - these two creeks sandwich the mill and the waterfront; several other creeks, each with their own different salmon run, also empty into Oakland Bay, among them, starting nearest the mouth of Hammersley Inlet, Mill Creek, Shelton Creek, Johns Creek, Cranberry Creek, Deer Creek, and Malaney Creek.