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The San Juan Islands is an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the core of San Juan County. In the archipelago, four islands are accessible to vehicular and foot traffic via the ...
Noted for its $6.4 million purchase of Vendovi Island in 2010 and its $18.5 million acquisition of Turtleback Mountain on Orcas Island in 2006, the Preservation Trust has permanently protected 270 properties, 38 miles of shoreline and 16,000 acres on 20 islands, including land now managed as public parks, nature preserves, wildlife habitat, and ...
Steephill is a hamlet near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, previously the location of a Victorian country estate with a castle-style mansion, Steephill Castle, which was demolished to build bungalows in the 1960s. Steephill itself now forms part of the suburban development westward from Ventnor.
McConnell Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is located less than 1 mile (1,600 m) from the southwest end of Orcas Island. [1] The island was the former private reserve of Thomas Gordon Thompson. A portion of it is currently a nature preserve.
San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, United States. It has a land area of 142.59 km 2 (55.053 sq mi) and a population of 8,632 [ 2 ] as of the 2020 census .
Except for Stuart Island, Henry Island is the westernmost of the San Juan Islands. It has a land area of 4.126 km 2 (1.593 sq mi) and had a total of19 permanent residents as of the 2010 census . [ 1 ]
San Juan Island; San Juan Islander; San Juan Preservation Trust; Satellite Island (Washington) Shaw Island; Sheep Island (Washington) Skipjack Island (Washington) Skull Island (Washington) Spieden Island; Strawberry Island (Rosario Strait, Washington) Stuart Island (Washington) Sucia Island
The San Juan Islands are a small archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, located 53 miles east of Sitka, in Pybus Bay on the southeast flank of Admiralty Island. [1]