• 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 »

Trees and Shrubs

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Each year fifth graders from Friday Harbor Elementary learn about the woodland habitat in American Camp's Jakle's Lagoon trail area.
Jay Westphalen

Did You Know?

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Camas bulbs were so highly prized by Northwest Indians for their creamy potato/baked pear taste that groups sometimes fought over the best growing areas, and people traveled great distances to harvest the bulbs and prepare them into thin, dry cakes. To ensure future harvests, the Indians burned the prairie regularly.