1859 San Juan Island "Pig War'

When you read the history of those two camps, the British were living much better than the Americans. A bit of shared history between the two countries, and the only casualty was a pig. Fortunate that cooler heads prevailed.
 
We where just at English Camp today! Have some friends visiting from AZ this week and took them over to Garrison Bay and showed them the historic national park.

Too bad that more international conflicts couldn't be settled as well.
 
The pears should be ripe at English Camp about now. Take your boat hook ashore with you. The docent didn't care (assuming you don't damage the trees). Also, when circumnavigating the island, look out for the old lime kiln works just north of the Lime Kiln lighthouse (shown in the first picture in the article). I've never visited the actual lime works and don't even know if there is anything open to the public. Most visit the lighthouse to look for whales.
 
There is a lot to do ON San Juan Island besides American Camp and English Camp. We had gone there with our C-Dory when cruising in the PNW, but it wasn't until we took jobs with a whale watch company (and lived on our CD-25 for the season) that we found other cool places on the island: the alpaca ranch, the lavender farm, Lime Kiln State Park, all the various eateries in Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor, the winery, the sculpture park (at Roche Harbor), the views across Haro Strait from the road on the west coast of the island, the ice cream shop in Friday Harbor, the fresh made donuts at the Lime Kiln Cafe in Roche, riding our bicycles to False Bay, riding our scooters all around the island (great roads), South Beach (more rocks than the sand beaches we are used to). I'm sure I am forgetting plenty of things to do there.

You can get to English Camp by boat if you have a dinghy. You'll need some kind of land transportation to get to American Camp.
 
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