San Juan Islands

archipelago of

San Juan County, Washington

history

The San Juan Islands were the subject of a territorial dispute between Great Britain and the United States from 1846 to 1872, leading to the Pig War in 1859.

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11487858

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The Skagit County Coroner’s Office has completed the examination of a 53 year old female, Tonya L. Pearson of Burlington, Washington. On 11/20/2019, Tonya Pearson was a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle on I-5 south bound, mile post 207, Bow, Washington. The cause of death is multiple blunt force trauma injuries. The manner of death is accident. No further information will be released by this office.

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Oyster Dome (wa100.dnr.wa.gov) Take an invigorating hike up Blanchard Mountain, located south of Lake Samish, to the geologic treasure known as Oyster Dome—a rounded, rocky promontory with spectacular views of the San Juan Islands and the Olympic Mountains. Oyster dome is located in the 4,500-acre Blanchard State Forest, the only place in Washington where the Cascade Mountains meet the Salish Sea.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1196315

Wikipedia

San Juan Islands (Wikipedia) 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](British Columbia), Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the core of San Juan County.