Brown Island (Washington)
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Brown Island is a small, private island in Friday Harbor
on San Juan Island
, San Juan County, Washington, USA. It lies just offshore to the east-northeast of the town of Friday Harbor, Washington
. The island has a land area of approximately 70 acres (283,280.2 m²) and a resident full-time population of 10 persons as of January 1, 2008.
Brown Island was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for the party's navigational instrument repairman, John G. Brown.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,162 at 2010 Census. Located on San Juan Island, Friday Harbor is the major commercial center of the San Juan Islands archipelago and is the county seat of San Juan County.-History:In 1845 the Hudson's Bay...
on San Juan Island
San Juan Island
San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, United States. It has a land area of 142.59 km² and a population of 6,822 as of the 2000 census....
, San Juan County, Washington, USA. It lies just offshore to the east-northeast of the town of Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor, Washington
Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,162 at 2010 Census. Located on San Juan Island, Friday Harbor is the major commercial center of the San Juan Islands archipelago and is the county seat of San Juan County.-History:In 1845 the Hudson's Bay...
. The island has a land area of approximately 70 acres (283,280.2 m²) and a resident full-time population of 10 persons as of January 1, 2008.
Brown Island was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for the party's navigational instrument repairman, John G. Brown.