Dr. Capron's house in Roche Harbor

ID: 121 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of National Park Service

This file appears in: Dr. Victor Capron, The Traveling Physician

Capron's house in 1977. Originally part of the Sandwith's Homestead near English Camp, Capron worked between Roche Harbor and Friday Harbor during his time on San Juan Island.

This file appears in: Dr. Victor Capron, The Traveling Physician

Dr. Victor Capron, The Traveling Physician – The Doctor Is In

By Whitney Wyngaert

One of the first prominent physicians to call San Juan Island his home was Dr. Victor Capron. Born in New York in 1868, Capron moved to Port Townsend. He later moved to Hawaii as a government physician where he worked with leprosy patients, became…