Patos Island
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Patos Island is a small island in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. Since 1893, it has been home to the Patos Island Lighthouse, guiding vessels through Boundary Pass between Canada and the United States.
The island and adjacent islets comprise Patos Island State Park, a Script error: No such module "convert". marine park with Script error: No such module "convert". of saltwater shoreline. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission began operating Patos Island as a state park under a lease agreement with the Bureau of Land Management in 1974.[1] The entire island is owned by the federal government and is administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Wenatchee Office. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission operates a small campground facility at Active Cove near the west side of the island, maintains a Script error: No such module "convert". loop trail, and has two offshore mooring buoys.[1][2]
History
The name Patos comes from the Spanish pato, meaning "duck," which was given to the island in 1792 by Commander Dionisio Alcalá Galiano of the Sutil and Captain Cayetano Valdés y Flores of the Mexicana.[3] Galiano and Valdés later shared their charts with Captain George Vancouver, who was surveying the area on behalf of the United Kingdom.[4]
While conducting hydrographic surveys for the U.S. Coast Survey from 1857 to 1860, Captain James Alden lent his name to Alden Point, at the island's western edge; Alden named nearby Active Cove, between Patos and Little Patos Islands, after his vessel, the USCS Active.[5] The island was established as a lighthouse reservation by the U.S. federal government in 1875, prior to the ultimate construction of a light station in 1893.[6]
The United States Coast Guard assumed control of the lighthouse and the island in 1939. The Coast Guard ended their full-time presence on Patos Island in 1978.[7] The entire island, including the lighthouse, became part of the San Juan Islands National Monument upon its creation by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2013.[8]
See also
References
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External links
- Patos Island Marine State Park Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
- Patos Island Marine State Park Map Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
- Patos Islands Bureau of Land Management
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- San Juan Islands
- State parks of Washington (state)
- Islands of Washington (state)
- Bureau of Land Management areas in Washington (state)
- Parks in San Juan County, Washington
- Pre-statehood history of Washington (state)
- Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest
- Protected areas established in 1974
- 1974 establishments in Washington (state)
- Uninhabited islands of Washington (state)