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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.
Bellingham is the most populous city in,and county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies 21 miles (34 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border and in between Vancouver,British Columbia and Seattle.
San Juan County is a county located in the Salish Sea in the far northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census,its population was 17,788. The county seat and only incorporated town is Friday Harbor,located on San Juan Island. The county was formed on October 31,1873,from Whatcom County and is named for the San Juan Islands,which are in turn named for Juan Vicente de Güemes,2nd Count of Revillagigedo,the Viceroy of New Spain.
The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands,between Vancouver Island and the State of Washington. The Pig War,so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig,is also called the Pig Episode,the Pig and Potato War,the San Juan Boundary Dispute,and the Northwestern Boundary Dispute. Despite being referred to as a "war",there were no human casualties on either side.
Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest,in northwestern Washington,United States.
William Selby Harney,otherwise known among the Lakota people as "Woman Killer," "Mad Bear," and "Man-Who-Keeps-His-Word," was a Tennessee-born cavalry officer in the US Army,who became known during the Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War for his brutality and ruthlessness. One of four general officers in the US Army at the beginning of the American Civil War,he was removed from overseeing the Department of the West because of his Southern sympathies early in the war,although he kept Missouri from joining the Confederacy. Under President Andrew Johnson,he served on the Indian Peace Commission,negotiating several treaties before spending his retirement partly in St. Louis and partly trading reminiscences with Jefferson Davis and Ulysses S. Grant in Mississippi.
KVOS-TV is a television station in Bellingham,Washington,United States,broadcasting the digital multicast network Heroes &Icons. It is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Seattle-licensed MeTV station KFFV,channel 44. While KVOS-TV is nominally part of the Seattle–Tacoma market,it can be characterized as a border blaster,as it primarily serves an audience in southwestern British Columbia,Canada,including Vancouver and Victoria.
Bellingham International Airport is three miles (5 km) northwest of Bellingham,in Whatcom County,Washington,United States. BLI covers 2,190 acres of land,and is the third-largest commercial airport in Washington.
Eastsound is an unincorporated community on Orcas Island in San Juan County,Washington,United States. Eastsound is the largest population center on Orcas Island,the second-most populated and physically largest of the San Juan Islands.
San Juan Airlines is a commuter airline operating scheduled and charter flights in the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its main base of operations is Bellingham near the San Juan Islands. The airline's fleet consists of Cessna 172,206 and 207 aircraft. In 1981,San Juan Airlines acquired Pearson Aircraft which was based in Port Angeles,Washington.
Lummi Island lies at the southwest corner of Whatcom County,Washington,United States,between the mainland part of the county and offshore San Juan County. The Lummi Indian Reservation is situated on a peninsula east of the island,but it does not include Lummi Island. The island has a land area of 23.97 square kilometres and had a population of 822 as of the 2000 census. The population nearly doubles in summer when second-home owners from Canada and the U.S. arrive for the summer months.
Crane Island is one of the San Juan Islands in San Juan County,Washington,United States. It lies just off the southwestern shore of Orcas Island,between it and the northwest corner of Shaw Island. Crane Island has a land area of 0.956 km². The 2000 census reported a population of 20 permanent residents.
KARI is a commercial AM radio station in Blaine,Washington,United States,and serving Vancouver,British Columbia,and Northwest Washington state. It broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format and is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting.
Canoe Island is a 47-acre (19-hectare) island located in the center of the San Juan Islands,an archipelago in the U.S. state of Washington. The island is situated in Upright Channel between Shaw and Lopez Islands. Canoe Island's surface is mostly forested with second-growth cedar,fir,hemlock,and madrona,with some old-growth trees,too. Its maximum elevation is 127.7 feet. The rocky shoreline is bordered by dense forests of bull kelp.
Harbor Airlines was a commuter airline from the United States,which existed from 1971 to 2001. Based at Oak Harbor,Washington,it operated regional passenger flights in the Puget Sound area.
Elwha Rock is a submerged rock in Puget Sound. It lies in Cayou Channel just west of Orcas Island's Grindstone Harbor at a depth of 5 feet (1.5 m) mean low water.
Elizabeth P. Lovelett is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She is a member of the Washington State Senate,District 40.
Violet P. Boede was a state legislator from Orcas Island,Washington. A Democrat,she represented the 40th district in the Washington House of Representatives for six terms from 1934 to 1950. She died in 1964,at which time she was living in Eastsound. A tribute was given for her in 1965.
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- ↑ "San Juan has a Tie Vote on County Clerk". The Bellingham Herald. Bellingham, Washington. 1906-11-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-23– via Newspapers.com.
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