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The Semiahmoo Harbor Lighthouse was a lighthouse on Semiahmoo (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m oʊ / SEM-ee-AH-moh) Bay near the port of Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States. [ 1 ] History
Semiahmoo (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m oʊ / SEM-ee-AH-moh, / ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m uː / SEM-ee-AH-moo; North Straits Salish: SEMYOME or səmyámə) may refer to: Semiahmoo Bay , south-eastern section of Boundary Bay, bisected by the US-Canada border near White Rock, British Columbia
List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel. Many of these maritime museums have museum ships in their collections.
Semiahmoo First Nation (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m uː / SEM-ee-AH-moo) is the band government of the Semiahmoo people, a Coast Salish subgroup. The band's main community and offices are located on the 312 acres (1.3 km 2) Semiahmoo Indian Reserve which is sandwiched between the boundary of White Rock, British Columbia and the Canada–United States boundary and Peace Arch Provincial Park.
The Semiahmoo (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m oʊ / SEM-ee-AH-moh, / ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m uː / SEM-ee-AH-moo; Semiahmoo: SEMYOME) are a Coast Salish indigenous people whose homeland is in the Lower Mainland region of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. According to Chief James “Jimmy” Charles (1867-1952), chief of the Semiahmoo from 1909 to ...
Semiahmoo was expected to become a migration boomtown, but it eventually developed into a fishing town, as the spit provided shelter for Drayton Harbor and an abundance of coastal resources. Whatcom County's first salmon cannery opened in 1881 in Semiahmoo; in 1891, the Alaska Packers Association was the largest salmon cannery in the world.
The Semiahmoo Indian Reserve (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m uː / SEM-ee-AH-moo) is a 129.1-hectare (320 acre) [1] Indian reserve in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, located on Semiahmoo Bay between the City of White Rock and Peace Arch Park, which sits astride the international boundary with Washington state.
The Dooley's Ferry Fortifications Historic District encompasses a series of military earthworks erected in southwestern Arkansas, along the Red River in Hempstead County. They were constructed in late 1864 by Confederate troops under orders from Major-General John B. Magruder as a defense against the potential movements of Union Army forces ...