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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 joins Boundary Pass at Turn Point on Stuart Island, where a major navigation beacon, Turn Point Light, is located. Heavy, dangerous rip tides occurs near Turn Point, as well as near the northern end of Boundary Pass, between Patos Island Light on Patos Island and East Point on Saturna Island .
Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Class of Light [2] Focal height [2] NGA number [2] Admiralty number [2] Range nml [2]; Brigand Hill Lighthouse: Image: 1958: Sangre Grande
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]
English: Map of Coast Salish linguistic distribution in the early to mid 1800s This file was derived from: Canada British Columbia location map.svg; USA Washington location map.svg
Bellingham Bay is a bay of the Salish Sea located in Washington State in the United States. It is separated from the Strait of Georgia on the west by the Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, and Lummi Island. It is bordered on the east by Bellingham, Washington, to the south-east by the Chuckanut Mountains, and to the south by Samish Bay.
St. John's Point's importance in the local marine environment was attested to by the lighthouse's extension in the late 19th century and continued improvement, and, indeed, prior to her transfer to Southampton for fitting out, RMS Titanic conducted her sea trails in the Irish Sea and used Saint John's Light as a marker for those purposes. [16]