The Colonial Despatches: Waldron Island

Waldron Island

Named during the Wilkes Expedition of 1841, Waldron Island is located in the San Juan Islands, north of Orcas Island.1 Waldron Island was also named “Isla Lemos” by Spanish explorers.2 The island is mentioned by Richards in this despatch as having two good anchorages.

1. Lynn Middleton, Place Names of the Pacific Northwest Coast (Victoria: Elldee Publishing, 1969), 220.
2. Robert Hitchman, Place Names of Washington (Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1985), 322.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6387, 33.
The Colonial Despatches: Marks Caroline
The Colonial Despatches: Marks, Frederick
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 21 May 1863, CO 305:20, no. 6922, 177.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 26 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12724, 245.

People in this document

Richards, Captain George Henry

Places in this document

Orcas Island

San Juan Islands

The Colonial Despatches Team. Waldron Island. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/waldron_island.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Waldron Island