Orcas Island, Washington

Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands, which are located in the northwestern corner of Washington state in San Juan County. Orcas Island is slightly larger, but less populous, than neighboring San Juan Island. Orcas is shaped like a pair of saddlebags, separated by fjord-like East Sound, with Massacre Bay on the south side, and tiny Skull Island just off the coast. At the northern end of East Sound is the village of Eastsound. In 1989 the Lummi Indian Nation regained a village and burial site on Orcas Island's Madrona Point near Eastsound. Mount Constitution is a 2,409 foot high (734 m) mountain on Orcas Island. It is the highest point on any of the San Juan Islands. At the summit there stands a stone observation tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. Also mapped are Shaw Island (southwest of Orcas Island), Blakely Island (southeast), Obstruction Island (between Orcas and Blakely), the northern tip of Lopez Island (south of Orcas), and Crane Island (between Orcas and Shaw). The very small islands northeast of Orcas are Barnes and Clark Islands. A portion of Waldron Island is visible in the northwest corner of this map.