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The first light at Cattle Point was a lens lantern on a post erected in 1888. [4] In 1921, the U.S. Navy installed a radio compass station. [5] The modern 34-foot (10 m), octagonal, concrete tower on Cattle Point was erected in 1935.
Haro Strait is a major shipping channel. [4] Haro Strait, along with Boundary Pass, is the westernmost and most heavily used of the three main channels connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia. Haro Strait joins Boundary Pass at Turn Point on Stuart Island, where a major navigation beacon, Turn Point Light, is located
The Salish Sea (/ ˈ s eɪ l ɪ ʃ / SAY-lish) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington.It includes the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and an intricate network of connecting channels and adjoining waterways.
Making Salish Sea official required a formal application to the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [14] A parallel American movement promoting the name had a different definition, combining of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound as well as the Strait of Georgia and related waters under the more general name Salish Sea. [15]
Sustainable reef net fishing is a salmon harvesting technique created and used by Lummi and Coast Salish Indigenous people over 1,000 years. In WA’s northern waters, Lummi keep sustainable ...
Although historical records of sea otter in the San Juan Islands are sparse, there is a sea otter specimen collected in 1897 in the "Strait of Fuca" in the National Museum of Natural History. [16] When the sea otter finally received federal protection in 1911, Washington's sea otter had been hunted to extinction, and although a small remnant ...
The first American lighthouses in the state were erected in 1902 [2] but most early lights were rebuilt before 1940 in a distinctive Art Deco style; the only surviving building from the earlier group is the Eldred Rock Light. [2] The last constructed were replacements for the lights on Unimak Island in 1950. [3]
The Cape Disappointment Light was the first lighthouse in the state (lit 1856) and is still active. [ 2 ] If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , [ 3 ] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard ...