• Mt. Baker from American Camp prairie

    San Juan Island

    National Historical Park Washington

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    The American Camp Visitor Center is closed Thanksgiving Day, re-opening Friday. Winter hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday. The English Camp Visitor Center is closed for the winter. Grounds at both units are open from dawn to 11 p.m. daily. More »

Nootka Rose

nootka rose
Mary Stark
 

Nootka rose
(Rosa nutkana var. nutkana)

This is the most common shrub on the island and has an exquisite fragrance. Showy pink flowers may be three inches or more and grow at the branch tips.

Where in the park: In bloom all over the island in summer. In American Camp, located along the trail to the Laundress Quarters

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USDA Plant Data Base

Did You Know?

Capt. Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, RN

Capt. Geoffrey Phipps Hornby of HMS Tribune refused Governor James Douglas’s orders to land Royal Marines on San Juan Island realizing that his opposite, Capt. George Pickett, would open fire.  The policy of the Royal Navy was only to fire if fired upon. More...