![]() ![]() And sometimes even the 50 to 100 boats that seek them each day from April to October have no idea where they are. Their patterns have been painstakingly recorded by researchers, and to a certain extent they are predictable: The orcas will follow the rich runs of chum salmon through the waters of Haro Strait.īut they also go where they will. ![]() In 1859, they nearly came to war over the death of a pig.įor modern drama, look to 90 "resident" orcas, traveling in pods called J, K and L, tied unerringly to their matriarchs and faithfully to this island. For 12 years, that was supplied by a joint occupation of American and British soldiers, who clashed over which country owned the island. ![]() It is a place that needs tension, in its own way. A journey that challenges and tantalizes, offering day by day the chance - but only the chance - of fulfillment. San Juan Island, with its twisted trees, placid coves and twinkling marinas, is so achingly beautiful that perhaps it needs some quest to keep its visitors and residents from dying of happiness. ![]()
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