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Maritime Disasters at Tatoosh Island Those of a superstitious turn of mind were disturbed by two mishaps which marred her launching; the daughter of the Tatoosh Island weather observer, chosen by the people of Clallam County to christen their namesake vessel, missed the bow with the champagne bottle when the new craft slid down the ways with unexpected speed. No sooner had the tug and tow rounded Tatoosh Island than the wind and seas tore the big two stack transport loose and drove her ashore seven miles south of Cape Flattery. She was on a northerly course, her officers seeking the beacon of the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island which would indicate the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the final lap of her long voyage from Valparaiso to British Columbia for lumber. www.tatooshsailor.com /Tatoosh_Stories.html   (4192 words)

Murre-maid of Tatoosh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Focus of Parrish's studies is Tatoosh's population of common murres, small, gregarious birds with the fl-and-white tuxedo marking of penguins. At its peak, the murre population on the island was 6,700. She was on Tatoosh for the 1991 Tenyo Maru oil spill, when bathtub rings of oil surrounded the island. seattlepi.nwsource.com /lifestyle/38383_tatoosh.shtml   (2324 words)

Legendary Lighthouses: Great Lighthouses-Washington Tatoosh Island named in 1788 by Captain John Meares, who named it after Chief Tatooche of the Makah Indians. The Makah Indians had long made the island their summer home and used it to catch salmon, spear whales and plant potatoes --as well as for their potlatches (ceremonies in which Indian hosts gave away lots of their possessions). At the time there were a number of cows living on the island, as well as one contented bull among this harem. www.pbs.org /legendarylighthouses/html/pnwwagl.html   (1124 words)

Canku Ota - April 19, 2003 - Walking In The Sand Tatoosh Island is located at the entrance to the Straights of Juan de Fuca (known as one the world’s most treacherous bodies of water) and most of our canoes made a stopover there in respect to the cultural significance of this island. This was actually a small, flat island that the sea lions would utilize on their long journeys to the northern waters of Canada and Alaska. We were approaching the sea lion island and we had quite a few new pullers in our canoe, so I turned the canoe in towards the island so we could get a closer view of the thousand pound plus mammals. www.turtletrack.org /Issues03/Co04192003/CO_04192003_Walking_Sand.htm   (972 words)

Duncan Rock - Diver Magazine November 2003 Veiled by a misty curtain of fog, Tatoosh Island loomed large in the distance as we prepared to dive the jagged summit of an exposed ocean pinnacle. Perched on top of Tatoosh Island are the abandoned remains of a decommissioned 85-foot US Coast Guard Lighthouse station. Today, Tatoosh's rugged topography is a wildlife sanctuary and a prime nesting site to one of the largest seabird colonies off the coast of Washington. divermag.com /archives/nov2003/duncan-nov03.html   (759 words)

HistoryLink Essay: Cape Flattery Light on Tatoosh Island begins operating on December 28, 1857. Tatoosh, a 20-acre island lying one-half mile off the cape, is actually an extension of that promontory, connected to it by submarine rock ledges. Congress reinforced the island’s naval presence in 1912 by specifying that at key strategic points such as Key West, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and North Head and Tatoosh Island, Washington, and San Diego, California, commercial messages would be handled entirely by naval stations. In the late twentieth century, Tatoosh Island retained its nineteenth-century lighthouse, its early twentieth-century radio beacon, and its mid-twentieth-century LORAN transmitter. www.historylink.org /output.cfm?file_id=5703   (2568 words)

Strait of Juan de Fuca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It extends east from the Pacific Ocean between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, to Haro Strait, San Juan Channel, Rosario Strait, and Puget Sound. Its Pacific Ocean boundary is formed by a line between Cape Flattery and Tatoosh Island, Washington, and Carmanah Point (Vancouver Island), British Columbia. The eastern boundary is a continuous line extending south from Rosario Head along Whidbey Island to Point Partridge and south to Point Wilson (Quimper Peninsula). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strait_of_Juan_de_Fuca   (405 words)

NPR - Radio Expeditions: The Common Murres of Tatoosh Island, Olympic Coast October 23, 1997 -- Covering an area of 3,310 square miles, the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is twice the size of Yosemite National Park. The expedition continues as Radio Expeditions goes for a boat ride to Tatoosh Island -- a sanctuary within a sanctuary -- a place that provides refuge for some of the largest colonies of seabirds in the United States. You can learn about this special island with NPR’s Elizabeth Arnold and bird researcher Julia Parrish. www.npr.org /programs/re/archivesdate/1997/oct/19971023.tatoosh.html   (167 words)

Tatoosh Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Tatoosh Island is owned by the Makah Native American Tribe. Cape Flattery Lighthouse which is located at the top of Tatoosh Island was built in 1857, and is now maintained by the Coast Guard. I have learned many things about what life was like on Tatoosh Island from what my grandfather has told me and from an interview I had with an old playmate of my Grandfather named Helen Peterson, both now are deceased. homepages.rootsweb.com /~bowers/light/tatoosh.htm   (364 words)

Go Boating America It is probably one of the most important navigational turning points in the entire Northwest, and for that reason, a lighthouse has been situated on nearby Tatoosh Island since 1857. In 1852, a government survey selected Tatoosh Island, off the tip of Cape Flattery, to be the location of a 65 foot lighthouse, which has been in operation since the first ordered Fresnel lens was lit in 1857. Tatoosh Island is accessible only by boat and can be seen from the end of the Cape Flattery Trail and the viewing platform there. www.goboatingamerica.com /main/article.asp?id=2524   (1442 words)

1928 Island near the west coast, south of the present town of Gold River which did not exist in 1918. The center of the distrubance was in either the Strait of Juan de Fuca or the Strait of Georgia. It was felt at all island points that could be communicated with, but damage is reported from none of these. www.pnsn.org /HIST_CAT/PUGET/1928_1.html   (1255 words)

Seattle Press on Line - The View From Tatoosh The least impressive human artifact on the island is a privy consisting of a toilet seat, ageing 2 x 4 lumber, and a scrap of old plywood for a roof. The scientists do their research on the island with the blessing and encouragement of the Makah Nation, whose very existence depends on careful preservation of the natural resources of this extreme northwestern part of our country. I was born on Tatoosh Island in 1925. www.seattlepress.com /article-9616.html   (986 words)

Neah Bay - Amateur Radio Uniting Varied Interests by NL7TB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Tatoosh Island, a half-mile square "rock" located in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (one-half mile off the northwest coast of Washington state), houses the unmanned Coast Guard station lighthouse Cape Flatterly. In talking with Blanchard and Mike, I learned of the island's artifacts and the rich cultural heritage of the Makah Indians who used Tatoosh Island as a fish camp and for tribal ceremonies. Although the twenty-foot high swells and pounding breakers kept us from activating the island, we were able to conduct VHF propagation tests while maritime mobile. www.eng.mu.edu /~usi/neahbay.html   (561 words)

Science, Intertidal ecology The shore that he has been studying for years is about 40° north of here, on Tatoosh Island off the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the US state of Washington. The island he studies has few if any species in common with Panama, but Paine is here to look at the work of marine biologists in our intertidal zones and that of other biologist who study terrestrial ecology, to see if there are any common denominators. He noted a series of changes that began on and around Tatoosh Island beginning in the early 1990s, but pointed out that the relationship between climatic and ecological change is not a simple matter. www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_09/issue_02/science_01.html   (551 words)

Research reports for Alaska Fisheries Science Center's National Marine Mammal Lab for Oct-Dec 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) A new research station at San Miguel Island, California, is being constructed cooperatively by NOAA and the National Park Service. Since enactment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, this research has documented growth and recovery of the pinniped populations, the effects of El Niño events on pinnipeds, long-term movements of elephant seals, impacts of pollutants on premature birthing of sea lions, and the role of disease in population control. The station is also used as a stopover by park guests on their 6-mile walk to the Point Bennett rookery on the island. www.afsc.noaa.gov /quarterly/ond2003/divrptsNMML2.htm   (522 words)

Fred's Place - The Place To Meet Old Coast Guard Shipmates Aerial view of Tatoosh Island Light at the Straits of Juan de Fuca, near Neah Bay, Washington. Tatoosh Island Light at the Straits of Juan de Fuca, near Neah Bay, Washington. Burrows Island Light, near Anacortes, Washington, in the Rosario Strait. www.fredsplace.org /photo/50.shtml   (616 words)

Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Washington at Lighthousefriends.com Congress allocated a sum of $39,000 in 1854 to construct both the Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island and one on the New Dungeness Spit. The Indians continued to use the island during the summer, prompting the construction workers to build a blockhouse of rough-hewn timbers for protection, before beginning work on the lighthouse. The weather station on Tatoosh Island was closed in 1966, and its buildings were demolished. www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=120   (1425 words)

Neah Bay - Cold and Bold Tropical Colors | Northwest Dive News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) You’ll see tons of kelp and rockfish around the island, but at "the fingers" you’ll also see large lingcod and kelp greenling perched on the sides of sloping ridges that extend from the surface near shore out and down to some one 100 feet in depth. The ridges flow northward from shore and form wide canyons as they extend out and away from each other; the currents can quickly sweep you out into a 140 foot deep walled canyon or bring you swiftly back to shore while exploring another adjacent canyon. From the scenic points you can look out at the Pacific Ocean, Tatoosh Island, the nearby shoreline and sea caves, observe the puffins, sea otters, migrating whales and look over to Vancouver Island. www.nwdivenews.com /node/view/192   (1051 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) The San Juan Island NWR is made up of 83 rock islands and reefs scattered throughout the San Juan Island complex, including Smith Island, most of which have been established as federal wilderness areas. Protection Island is one of the three main rhinoceros auklet colonies in the state with over 55% of the state's breeding population for this species. Approximately 50% of the population is located on the outer coast of the Olympic peninsula (primarily on Destruction Island) and the remainder are located in the Straits of Juan de Fuca on Protection Island and the San Juan Islands (primarily on Smith Island) (Speich and Wahl 1989). www.darp.noaa.gov /northwest/tenyo/ten0012.html   (14038 words)

Matterhorn / CINMS Shipwreck Database The vessel foundered at sea and the three lives that were lost was the time the bark foundered Nov. 30, 1909, The 27 men that were saved made there way in a life boat to Umatilla Light vessel 27 hours after the vessel foundered. The assistance rendered by the Life-Saving Service, consisted of taking survivors off the Light Vessel and Tatoosh Island with power life boat and towing there life boat to station where they were given shelter, food and clothing from supplies. Clyde Cagle, Master of Light Vessel who had piloted part of the shipwrecked crew to Tatoosh Island so as to send for aid was placed aboard his vessel by his request on our way out to Umatilla Light vessel December 3 1909. www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov /bridge/dbase/ocnms/matterhorn.html   (245 words)

Cape Flattery Lighthouse and Helipad, Tatoosh Island, Washington Tatoosh Island lies about a half mile off Cape Flattery on the Makah Indian Reservation, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. This is the northwestern most point in the continental United States, although the island itself is not open to the public. An extremely wild, wet, and windy place, Tatoosh was the ancestral summer fishing headquarters for the Makah. www.naturalmoment.com /lighthouses/Tatoosh-Light-2.html   (174 words)

CAPE FLATTERY The "hand" tree -- Part of the trail is covered with boards, usually where it's especially mucky. Tatoosh Island (large) Can you see the small boat? Port Townsend ferry and mountains -- The ferry boat is in dock and will return to Keystone across the Puget Sound. www.az.com /~andrade/trip/cape/capeflattery.html   (137 words)

Canoe Sailing, Sea Canoeing Pictures Tatoosh Island Light from sea cave near Cape Flattery. These places are suitable for prudent and skilled canoeists, but haven't been explore by canoe much since the Native Americans frequented them in their fabulous seaworthy canoes. Surprisingly the Island Cruiser will rise up and plane in the right conditions with either sail. www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Gorge/5793/icanoe.html   (476 words)

December 21, 1940 Windstorm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) Notice the double-dip structure at Medford and Tatoosh Island, a common feature of these storms as well. The +8.5 mb (+0.25") hourly surge at Tatoosh Island is among the highest for that particular station. However, the maximum 1-minute winds for Tatoosh Island and Seattle are quite spectacular. oregonstate.edu /~readw/December1940.html   (1047 words)

[No title] This was a cause of the Seminole War 1857 - The light was first illuminated in the Cape Flattery Lighthouse, located on Tatoosh Island at the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Washington. "Because of Indian trouble it was necessary to build a blockhouse on Tatoosh Island before even commencing the construction of the lighthouse. Twenty muskets were stored in the blockhouse, and then the lighthouse work began" 1867 - US claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits 1879 - Sir Thomas Bouch's new railway bridge across the River Tay collapsed in a storm, throwing an engine, six coaches and 75 passengers into the water 160ft below. www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/december/28Dec.txt   (236 words)

Dive Whadda Island is at the head of Neah Bay. Many fish have been caught near this island, it shelters an incredible amount of life and critters. The island is a wildlife sanctuary and is very exposed and rugged. www.curleysresort.com /dive.htm   (1764 words)

Neah Bay Before we got to Tatoosh, we pulled up to some kelp beds along the rocky shoreline. We moved the last mile and a half to Tatoosh island. Around 2 pm we began fishing the northwest side of Wadda island, which is the island that anchors the breakwater and is the entrance to Neah Bay. www.theoutdoorlodge.com /features/articles/fishing/saltwater/salt33.html   (1693 words)

[No title] Titlow Beach Marine Preserve and Sund Rock Marine Preserve are closed to preserve the character of the Marine Preserves. Tatoosh Island closure is consistent with tribal agreements. (a) Those waters of Haro Strait north of a line projected east-west one-half mile south of Eagle Point on San Juan Island and south of a line projected east-west one-quarter mile north of Lime Kiln Light on San Juan Island. www1.leg.wa.gov /documents/wsr/1998/15/98-15-122.htm   (676 words)

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