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Cattle Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southeastern tip of San Juan Island overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca where the Haro Straits meet the San Juan Channel, in San Juan County, Washington.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state ... Cattle Point Light: San Juan Island [5
Patos Island Lighthouse ; Location: San Juan Islands, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Foundation: Surface: Construction: Wood: Automated: 1974: Height: 38 feet (12 m): Shape: Square: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1908: Focal height: 12 m (39 ft) : Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi ...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission operates a small campground facility at Active Cove near the west side of the island, maintains a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) loop trail, and has two offshore mooring buoys. [3] [4] The entire island, including the lighthouse, is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument, created in 2013. [5] [6]
San Juan Islands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the Salish Sea in the state of Washington.The monument protects archaeological sites of the Coast Salish peoples, lighthouses and relics of early European American settlers in the Pacific Northwest, and biodiversity of the island life in the region.
Haro Strait's northern boundary is defined by a line running from the north tip of the Saanich Peninsula through Piers Island, Portland Island, and Moresby Island, then from Point Fairfax on Moresby Island to Turn Point on Stuart Island, then from the southern end of Stuart Island to McCracken Point at the north end of Henry Island, then to ...
Vancouver's 1798 map, showing some confusion in the vicinity of southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Haro Strait. The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).
Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 42-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago.The park is considered one of the best places in the world to view wild orcas from a land-based facility. [2]