Spanish Explorers

ID: 288 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress

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This painting was made by some of the first Spanish explorers of the San Juan Islands in the late 1700s. The buildings along the waterline represent a Salish settlement. The hustle and bustle of native canoes and Spanish ships in the foreground show the curiosity both cultures had for one another.

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Looking to the Past – From atop Youngs Hill, you can see for centuries

By Corey Horn

You made it! Here on the top of Young Hill, you are 650 feet above the Salish Sea. Note the long, vertical scratches on the bedrock at your feet. These were made by Ice Age glaciers dragging boulders over the top of the island thousands of years…