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Location: San Juan County, Washington, United States: Nearest city: Anacortes, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Length: 540 feet (low tide): Width: 354 feet (low tide): Area: 3 acres (1.2 ha) [2]: Elevation: 26 feet (7.9 m) [1]: Designation: Washington marine state park: Established: 1970: Administrator: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: Website: Blind Island State Park: Blind ...
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British Marines quarried and processed limestone at or near Roche Harbor. After the territory dispute was settled in 1872 in favor of the United States, the land encompassing Roche Harbor was homesteaded by Joseph Ruff, 1872–78, and afterward owned by Israel Katz, 1878–79; and brothers Richard and Robert Scurr and their business partners, Alexander, Colin and Donald Ross, 1879-1886. [9]
Doe Island Marine State Park is a public recreation area only accessible by water comprising the entirety of Doe Island in the San Juan Islands group in San Juan County, Washington. [3] The 6.11-acre (2.47 ha) island lies .25 miles (0.40 km) southeast of Orcas Island and has 2,049 feet (625 m) of shoreline.
San Juan Island is located in Puget Sound, the westernmost of the main islands of the San Juan Islands group. This island group is separated from Vancouver Island (part of British Columbia in Canada) by the Haro Strait, and from the Washington mainland by the Rosario Strait.
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The Mitchell Bay Band of the San Juan Islands is an Indigenous Coast Salish community based in the San Juan Islands of Washington, United States. The community was first referred to as the Mitchell Bay Tribe by Office of Indian Affairs agent Charles Roblin in his 1919 Census of Unenrolled Indians, in reference to one of several bays with historically significant indigenous populations.
Friday Harbor is located on the east side of San Juan Island facing the San Juan Channel. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.16 square miles (5.59 km 2), of which, 2.09 square miles (5.41 km 2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) is water.