Description
Extends N from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the strait of Georgia between Lopez, Decatur, Blakely and Orcas Islands on the W and Fidalgo, Bypress, Sinclair, and Lummi Islands on the E; its S boundary is formed by a line extending E from Point Colville (Lopez Island) to Rosario Head (Fidalgo Island); its N boundary is formed by a line extending W from Point Migley (Lummi Island) to the E tip of Puffin Island and then SW to Point Thompson (Orcas Island).
History
In 1791 the Spanish Captain Eliza named what is now the Strait of Georgia "Gran Canal de Nuestra Senora Del Rosario la Marinera", and in 1847 the English Captain Henry Kellett shifted part of the Sapanis name to its present-day application.