San Juan Island National Historical Park

Infobox protected area | name = San Juan Island National Historical Park
iucn_category = V

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caption =
locator_x = 22
locator_y = 5
location = San Juan County, Washington, USA
nearest_city = Friday Harbor, Washington
lat_degrees = 48
lat_minutes = 27
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds = 08
long_direction = W
area =
visitation_num = 246,780
visitation_year = 2005
established =
governing_body = National Park ServiceInfobox nrhp | name =American and English Camps, San Juan Island
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Friday Harbor, Washington
locmapin = Washington
area =
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated = November 5, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=252&ResourceType=District
title=American and English Camps, San Juan Island |accessdate=2008-03-01|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=66000369

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 1872, while the American camp was disbanded in July 1874. [cite web |url= http://www.nps.gov/sajh |title= San Juan Island National Historical Park |accessdate= 2008-02-27]

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

The park is divided into two parts; an American Camp where US soldiers were stationed, and an English Camp, where the British Royale Marines established a garrison. English Camp is the only part of a US national park that commemorates an English military site and the only one that flies the British Union Flag.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/sajh/home_new.htm National Park Service's San Juan Island National Historical Park website]
* [http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/sanjuan/ San Juan Island Heritage -- Jim Crook Collection]