Smallpox Bay

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Smallpox Bay is a bay on the west side of San Juan Island in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]

Smallpox Bay was named for the fact that a group of indigenous victims of the 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic died there and their corpses burned by US officers. [2] [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smallpox Bay
  2. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 276.
  3. Humphreys, Brianna. "Smallpox Bay: The dark history of a lovely recreational area". Island Histories. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

Coordinates: 48°32′28″N123°09′36″W / 48.5412092°N 123.1599073°W / 48.5412092; -123.1599073