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Tag Archives: Pigeon Guillemots
Vendovi Island – A Model Nature Preserve
My husband and I met John Fluke, Sr., the owner of Vendovi Island, in the early 1980s while employed at his high tech engineering firm, John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., in Everett, Washington. I helped the new in-house patent attorney … Continue reading
Posted in San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Vendovi Island
Tagged Deb Garland, Deb Garland's San Juan Islands & Beyond, eagles, Fraser River, Harbor seals, Inc., John Fluke, John Fluke Mfg. Co., Peregrine falcons, Pigeon Guillemots, San Juan Preservation Trust, shell middens, Sockeye Salmon, Sr., Vendovi Island, www.debgarland.com
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What’s on Waldron Island?
Waldron Island is one of the outer primitive islands that is a bit “off the grid” and its full-time and seasonal residents like their independent, self-sufficient lifestyle. Most of the families, some of them fourth-generation homesteaders, retrieve their water from … Continue reading
Posted in San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Waldron Island, Writing
Tagged diesel generators, Farrar and June Burn, Fishery Point, Living High: An Unconventional Autobiography, Morton Lauridsen, Pigeon Guillemots, San Juan Islands, Sandy Point, solar panels, Waldron Island, Waldron Island Post Office, Waldron Island School, wind generators, wood stove
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Matia Island’s Hermit
Anchorage at beautiful Matia Island is enjoyable, yet it depends on favorable weather in Rolfe Cove. In 1792, Spanish explorer, Francisco de Eliza, accurately named the island Matia, meaning “no protection.” Exposed to northwest and west wind, waves can build and … Continue reading
Posted in Matia Island, San Juan Islands & Vicinity, Writing
Tagged Deb Garland, Deb Garland's Scripture & Story, Double-crested Cormorant, Elvin H. Smith, hermit, Matia Island, Matia Island's Hermit, MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, National Wildlife Refuge, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemots, San Juan Islands, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington State Marine Parks, www.blog.debgarland.com, www.debgarland.com
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