Early days of English Camp on San Juan Island


This file appears in: The Commissary at English Camp
Early days of English Camp on San Juan Island
NPS Photo

English Camp as it appeared in late spring of 1860 with the almost completed Commissary in the left background, the bell and marquee tents on the emerging parade ground and a marine detail working the vegetable garden (note the deer fence). Soon Rear Adm. R. Lambert Baynes, RN would order barracks built for the men in anticipation of an early winter.


This file appears in: The Commissary at English Camp