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Spieden Island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, to honor William Spieden, the purser of the expedition's Peacock. [3]In the 1970s and 1980s the island was used for big game hunting; non-native game animals such as Mouflon sheep from Corsica, fallow deer from Europe, and Sika deer from Asia – along with approximately 2,000 exotic birds such as African ...
The story of Komo Kulshan and his two wives is a Lummi tale describing the creations of landmarks in the Pacific Northwest.The story can be broken down into three main sections for each character, Duh-hwahk in the creation of Mount Rainier, Whaht-kway in the creation of the Nooksack River and Spieden Island, and Komo Kulshan in the creation of Mt. Baker.
In 1926, Von Spiess and his daughter initiated a project to tag the birds of Snake Island, Romania. He led two hunting expeditions in equatorial Africa, in Kenya in 1936 and in Tanganyika in 1938. He was a fine observer of nature, a connoisseur of game habits and a keen hunter, and gathered during his life a collection of over 1,000 hunting ...
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Spieden & Hoebel Farms, Little Valley Natural Area is a 120-acre (0.49 km 2) area at 1327 and 1345 Canal Road with several miles of trails through forest and along field edges. Across Canal Road is access to the Delaware and Raritan Canal tow path and the Millstone River and flood plain.
Hunters pursue deer on Madeline Island, part of the Apostle Island chain in Lake Superior.
He also owns the 500-acre Spieden Island in the San Juan Islands archipelago. [3] In 1999, Jannard purchased two properties in Newport Beach, California for about $15 million. [9] On June 18th, 2024 the Los Angeles Times announced that Jannard had sold his Malibu oceanfront estate for $210 million, setting a California state record. [10]
Johns Island is home to Camp Nor'wester, a summer camp for children on the west end of the island, and several dozen private vacation cabins on the east end of the island. It has a land area of 0.9083 km 2 (0.3507 sq mi, or 224.45 acres). As with many of the outlying San Juan Islands, Johns Island does not have electricity or plumbing.