Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the most revered islands in the United States are home to national parks, picturesque coastlines, and orca feeding grounds ...

Anyone visiting northwestern Washington for the first time will receive a plethora of recreation recommendations, but perhaps the most essential is whale watching in the Salish Sea. The cold, ...

Designer Chad Dorsey and builder Kurt Bielawski fell in love with Washington state’s San Juan Island more than 20 years ago, in awe of the archipelago’s natural beauty. They lovingly established a ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — Suddenly, the orcas are everywhere. Their telltale fins pop up all about us—a pod of at least dozen. Our whale-watching boat, the Sea Lion, is one of a handful nearing them at a ...

A visit to the San Juan Islands is an educational, fun, and spectacular journey. The islands are part of the state of Washington and also part of the San Juan Archipelago. Altogether there are some ...

San Juan Island, located in the northwest of Washington State, is the second largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands, an archipelago situated between Washington and Canada’s Vancouver Island ...

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GETTING THERE: Washington State Ferries' vessels to the San Juan Islands depart from Anacortes, Wash., about 90 miles from Seattle, on Fidalgo Island. To reach Anacortes from Seattle, you can drive ...