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| Even a complete stranger to the San Juan Islands can thumb through a real estate magazine and quickly realize that these islands anchored off the Washington coast near Canada are among the most beautiful island groups in the world. |
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| In reviewing the first quarter results for 2007, the real estate market volume on San Juan Island was less active when compared to the same period in 2006. |
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Clark Island
North of Orcas and a Marine State Park. Mooring and camping facilities at only designated sites for visiting boaters. Clark Island has a great variety of beaches.
Doe Island
Doe Island is located off the eastern shore of Orcas Island and is a Marine State Park. It encompasses 6 acres with over 2,000 feet of shoreline. There are designated campsites, picnic areas and a dock with float, but no drinking water.
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Smaller jewels in the crown of the San Juan Islands, uninhabited islands fall into two broad categories: those for people and wildlife and those just for wildlife.
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There are many privately owned islands including: Armitage, Barnes, Bell, Big Double, Cactus, Canoe, Charles, Cliff, Coon, Dinner, Fawn, Little Double, Long, McConnel, O'Neal, Picnic, Ram, Reef, Satellite, South Finger, Speiden, Trump and Whale Rock.
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Brown's Island, more commonly known as Friday Island, forms the main protection for Friday Harbor. All the marine traffic going to Friday Harbor must come around this island. Therefore, in the summer it is the most active spot in the entire archipelago.
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Around 5,000 acres, Shaw is the smallest island served by the Washington State ferries.
Only about 170 people live in 96 dwellings in this most private and close-knit of ferry-served communities.
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The many centuries of glacier activity that sculpted the San Juans flattened Lopez Island into what early settlers recognized as perfect pasture and farmland.
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From the top of 2,400 foot Mount Constitution, the highest point in the San Juan Islands, Orcas and almost all the islands of San Juan County can be seen.
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Town of Friday Harbor
The second largest island in the county at 55.3 square miles, San Juan Island is the economic, cultural and social center of the county.
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