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San Juan Island National Historical Park

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San Juan Island National Historical Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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LocationSan Juan County, Washington, USA
Nearest cityFriday Harbor, Washington
Visitors246,780 (in 2005)
Governing bodyNational Park Service
San Juan Island National Historic Site
San Juan Island National Historical Park is located in Washington (state)
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Nearest cityFriday Harbor, Washington
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No.66000369
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLDNovember 5, 1961[2]

San Juan Island National Historical Park, also known as American and English Camps, San Juan Island, is a U.S. National Historical Park owned and operated by the National Park Service on San Juan Island in the state of Washington. The park is made up of the sites of the British and U.S. Armies' camps during the Pig War. Both of these camps were set up in 1859 as response to a border dispute triggered by the killing of a pig. The camps were occupied for 12 years, until the Treaty of Washington was signed, negotiated by Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany. The British abandoned their camp in November 1872, while the American camp was disbanded in July 1874.[3]

The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961,[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[1]

The park is divided into two parts; an American Camp where US soldiers were stationed, and a British Camp, where the British Royal Marines established a garrison. The British Camp is the only part of a US national park that commemorates a British military site and the only one that flies the British Union Flag.

  • American Camp
    American Camp
  • British Camp
    British Camp

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "American and English Camps, San Juan Island". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  3. ^ "San Juan Island National Historical Park". Retrieved 2008-02-27.

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This area is very beautiful indeed and is commonly used as a vacationing site.

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