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Blogs and News about Portage Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.

Last updated on Sat, 4 Feb 2012

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Lummi Island - San Juan Secret Private Waterfront. Washington vacation rentals. ... We looked out over Hale Passage onto Portage Island and Bellingham's Mt Baker in the distance. We kayaked, pedaled, hiked and relaxed ...

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It is situated on Bellingham Bay, which is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island , and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia. It lies west of Mount Baker andLake Whatcom (from which it gets its drinking ... Xwotqom, meaning “noisy water.” As of 2000, the population was 166814. Whatcom County was created out of Island County by the Washington Territorial Legislature on March 9, 1854, and originally included present day San Juan and Skagit Counties.

Other tribes rally to Lummi Nation on ferry issue | Politics blogOther tribes rally to Lummi Nation on ferry issue | Politics blog

The language in that intergovernmental agreement was amusing nonetheless. If the tribe wanted to dredge, they could have the finest harbor on the west coast in the lee of Portage Island . If they could get guys like ... [FPTO 3-40] The Lummis had reef net sites on Orcas Island, San Juan Island, Lummi Island and Fidalgo Island, and near Point Roberts and Sandy Point. [Ex. USA-30, p. 23; Exs. USA-62, USA-63; Tr. 1699, l. 2 to 1701, [**110] l. 21] When nature did not ...

Lummi Nation: Talks stalled, county must end Gooseberry ferry ops ... Lummi Nation: Talks stalled, county must end Gooseberry ferry ops ...

There is no way we should pay the tribe any rent for the dock on the reservation after we traded Portage island for this dock years ago and then have the tribe turn this agreement around and put a value on the island and call it rent. There are many ... I think a previous poster is thinking of San Juan County–but I doubt that San Juan County would accept Lummi Island either, and even if they did, I don't think the state ferry system is in expansion mode just now. Many San ...

Latest Update on Lummi Lease Negotiations (2/4/2011) « Lummi ... Latest Update on Lummi Lease Negotiations (2/4/2011) « Lummi ...

Is the “Coast Guard Channel” that you mentioned the one that exists because of some kind of a sand bar that lies between Portage Island and Eliza Island. I don't have my nautical charts with me right now (I am off the coast of Africa and have been at sea since November), but I vaguely remember there being an obstruction there from back when I drove for San Juan Cruises many years ago. That would explain why my Google Earth calculations were different from your ...

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54 Northwest Island 55 Olympus Island 56 Portage Island 57 Protection Island 58 Puget Island 59 Raft Island 60 Reach Island 61 Rennie Island 62 Saddlebag Island 63 Samish Island San Juan Islands 64Barnes Island ...

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