San Juan Islands
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The San Juan Islands are part of an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Th
View from Expedition 72, October 2024
Lopez Island, one of the San Juan Islands, Washington
July 4, 1867, celebrated on San Juan Island. U.S. Army soldiers and Royal Marines mingle in the American Camp.
Battleship Island at night looking south towards Henry Island and the Haro Straight
Orcas Island
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Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest, in northwestern Washington, United States.
San Juan Islands
…Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of Mexico. Eliza named several places for the Viceroy, including Orcas Island (short for "Horcasitas") and Guemes Island. San Juan Island's first European discoverer was Gonzalo López de Haro, one of Eliza's officers, for whom…
View from Expedition 72, October 2024
Ferry landing at Orcas
View eastward from Mount Constitution over the Rosario Strait with Mount Baker visible