Talk:San Juan Islands

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There are over 450 islands in the entire archipelago at high tide, but fewer than half are named and fewer than one-sixth are inhabited.

Does anyone have a citation for the fewer than half are named part? I've heard similar things said about lots of archipelagoes, usually without substantiation .. A cursory look at my chart of the islands didn't reveal a single dry-at-high-tide hunk of rock that didn't have some sort of name, however obscure, on the chart.. Mariners really like to have a name to refer to anything they might crash into. Ideas? --Cdc 19:22, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• I don't know whether they are included in that '450' count, but these two places are 'islands (only) at high tide' (zoom to 1:10,000 to see best), and don't seem to be named:

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5379241.00019292&e=501114&datum=nad83

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5378875&e=505727&s=200&size=l&datum=nad83

• Also, it's too small to show on the topo map--it would be here:

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5380702&e=507159&s=2.952&size=l&datum=nad83

 But these pics show another case that I am sure isn't named:

http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/PointHigh.JPG (hard to tell, but top left rock is surrounded by water.)

http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/PointLow.JPG (same rock, taken from a bit further left, but at a much lower tide.)

(There's also a bit of rock a bit south of here that is probably above the water at all but 'storm' high tides.)

• Niteowlneils 20:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Island pics 2 Long Island 3 Expansion 4 Maps 5 External links

[edit] Island pics

Considering the great natural beauty of the islands, I really think this article could use some images beyond the simple map it currently has. Does anyone have any to contribute?

• I can try to rummage thru the rest of my pix when I'm no longer living out of a suitcase; these are about all I have access to at the moment, and none seem good enuf to bother uploading:

http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/BigLowRot.JPG

http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/LookingEast.jpg

http://niteowlneils.homestead.com/files/Bambi.jpg (yes, that is a baby deer/fawn just above dead center)

• Niteowlneils 20:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• I agree. The natural beauty (and diversity) of the islands really warrents some fantastic illustrations here. We have a couple of photos, but none showing the rain forest, orca, and so on. There's a lot more going on in and around the San Juans than, say, Freeway Park, and that should be visually represented in this article.

[edit] Long Island

The Long Island in Washington I'm finding is in Willapa Bay out on the coast, not in Puget Sound, which makes me think that it wouldn't be included in the San Juans. Anyone know for sure? Murderbike 05:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, unless someone can show that there's another Long Island that's in Puget Sound, I'm removing this one from the list. Murderbike 18:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I cleaned up the list of islands section last night by finding all the islands that were linked to disambiguation pages, which brought the number of islands with articles down significantly. Who wants to help do articles for all these islands? Murderbike 16:55, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll make stubs for islands about which I have name origin info, since I am doing a little project of adding info from a book on the topic to various Washington state places. It may be that most of the islands without pages are not in this book though, we'll see. Pfly 19:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

The map in this article could definitely use replacing...

Here's one to show the location of the San Juans:

And here's one to show the major islands in the group:

Any objections? Szu 03:03, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

This section is way out of hand, filled with link spam. Anyone wanna help clean it up? Murderbike 19:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Replaced with dmoz link as suggested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam#What to do with linkfarms. Brianhe (talk) 06:19, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I get so flustered with link farms, trying to decide what should go and should stay, but alas, off with their heads! Murderbike (talk) 06:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I support removal of the majority of the links - I checked them all, and most are simply spam/advertising style links. But I did see one that may qualify for re-addition to the article: San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau. I can see where others may question it; but as it's a quasi-governmental organization representing the region, it seems appropriate. I also think the link for the San Juan Journal should be worked into the article, but not in the external links section. Perhaps someone can work on a "Media" section - although unless their are other media outlets of which I'm not aware, it would be a very short section, so maybe not. Opinions? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I suggest submitting the visitors bureau link to dmoz instead. It really makes sense to let them maintain tbe directory. Brianhe (talk) 16:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)