San Juan Island National Historical Park

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San Juan Island National Historical Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Location San Juan County, Washington, USA
Nearest city Friday Harbor, Washington
Coordinates 48°27′21″N 122°59′08″W / 48.45583, -122.98556
Visitors 246,780 (in 2005)
Governing body National Park Service
American and English Camps, San Juan Island
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Nearest city: Friday Harbor, Washington
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Designated as NHL: November 5, 1961[1]
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966[2]
NRHP Reference#: 66000369
Governing body: National Park Service

San Juan Island National Historical Park, also known as American and English Camps, San Juan Island, is a U.S. National Park on San Juan Island in Washington, made up by the sites of the British and U.S. Armies' camps during the Pig War. Both of these camps were set up in 1859 as response to a border dispute triggered by the killing of a pig. The camps were occupied for 12 years, until the Treaty of Washington was signed, negotiated by Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany. The British abandoned their camp in November of 1872, while the American camp was disbanded in July of 1874.[3]

The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961,[1] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[2]

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  1. ^ a b American and English Camps, San Juan Island. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  2. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ San Juan Island National Historical Park. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.

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