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WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA MATIA ISLAND Haro Strait San Juan Channel Strait of Juan De Fuca Rosario Strait ë ë Strait of Georgia Dawn's Bottom MV G.B. Church HMSC Mackenzie USS Bunker Hill Kellet Bluff SPIEDEN ISLAND ORCAS ISLAND SAN JUAN ISLAND LOPEZ ISLAND SHAW ISLAND BLAKELY ISLAND WALDRON ISLAND DECATUR ISLAND STUART ISLAND HENRY ISLAND TURN PEAPOD ROCKS Eastsound Friday Harbor Rosario Lopez Village Deer Harbor Roche Harbor Olga Orcas Landing West Sound ë ë ë ë ë Bare Island Turn Point Gull Reef Eagle Cove Deadman Bay Deadman Bay Iceberg Point Parker Reef Point George Smallpox Cove Limekiln Point Randy's Surprise CANADA UNITED STATES WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO Wolf Eel Off of Bell Island, SJ, WA Painted Urticina found in Gulf Reef Hatch Near Gun Turret HMCS Mackenzie 0 2 4 1 Miles 0 1 2 3 4 0.5 Nautical Miles Dive Sites of the San Juan Islands 5 HMCS Mackenzie - purposefully scuttled to make an artificial reef.The boat was in service of the Royal Canadian Military, serving for over 40 years. Artificial reefs help create an environment for dying biologicial entities underwater. MV G.B. Church - the first ship to be purposefully scuttled for creation of an artificial reef. It was once used as a supply ship in WWII, though now its used as a macro-environment for thousands of species USS Bunker Hill - A tanker ship that unexpectedly exploded in 1964 as it carried thousands of gallons of fuel through Rosario Strait, a busy shipping lane. 5 of the 43 crewmen died. Other Shipwrecks shown on map have had little documentation and were reported from maps dating back to over a hundred years ago. Most likely from ships in the discovery days of Straits. Shipwrecks Documented Legend Washington British Columbia Ferry International Border ë Shipwreck Sites Urban Areas Date: 3-12-08 Source: ESRI 2007, WWU 2008, Google 2008 Projection Type: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N Dive Sites 425-48-SCUBA Roche H:360.305.5984 Fri H:360.622.7069 360-202-0076 509-665-0660 360.260.9969 206-713-0829 Cartographer: Patrick Elliott

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Page 1: SUCIA NORTH FINGER MATIA Str Dive Sites of the San Juan Islands … · 2016. 2. 25. · Friday Harbor Rosario Lopez Village Deer Harbor Roche Harbor Olga Orc as L ndi g ... Dive Sites

WASHINGTON

BRITISH COLUMBIA

MATIAISLAND

Haro Strait

San Juan Channel

Strait of Juan De Fuca

Rosa

rio St

rait

Strait of Georgia

Dawn's Bottom

MV G.B. Church

HMSC Mackenzie

USS Bunker Hill

Kellet Bluff

SPIEDENISLAND

ORCASISLAND

SAN JUANISLAND

LOPEZISLAND

SHAWISLAND BLAKELY

ISLAND

WALDRONISLAND

DECATURISLAND

STUARTISLAND

HENRYISLAND

SUCIA

TURN

NORTH FINGER

PEAPOD ROCKS

Eastsound

Friday Harbor

Rosario

Lopez Village

Deer Harbor

Roche Harbor

Olga

Orcas Landing

West Sound

ëë

Bare Island

Turn Point

Gull Reef

Eagle Cove

Deadman BayDeadman

Bay

Iceberg Point

Parker Reef

Point George

Smallpox Cove

Strawberry I.

Limekiln Point

Randy's Surprise

CANADAUNITED STATES

WASHINGTON

BRITISH COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES

CANADA

UNITED STATES

MEXICO

Wolf Eel Off of Bell Island, SJ, WA Painted Urticina found in Gulf Reef Hatch Near Gun Turret HMCS Mackenzie

0 2 41 Miles

0 1 2 3 40.5Nautical Miles

Dive Sites of the San Juan Islands

HMCS Mackenzie - purposefully scuttled to make an artificial reef.The boat was in service of the Royal Canadian Military, serving for over 40 years. Artificial reefs help create an environment for dying biologicial entities underwater. MV G.B. Church - the first ship to be purposefully scuttled for creation of an artificial reef. It was once used as a supply ship in WWII, though now its used as a macro-environment for thousands of species USS Bunker Hill - A tanker ship that unexpectedly exploded in 1964 as it carried thousands of gallons of fuel through Rosario Strait, a busy shipping lane. 5 of the 43 crewmen died.Other Shipwrecks shown on map have had little documentation and were reported from maps dating back to over a hundred years ago. Most likely from ships in the discovery days of Straits.

Shipwrecks Documented

Legend

WashingtonBritish Columbia

FerryInternational Border

ë Shipwreck Sites

Urban Areas

Date: 3-12-08 Source: ESRI 2007, WWU 2008, Google 2008 Projection Type: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N

Dive Sites

425-48-SCUBA Roche H:360.305.5984 Fri H:360.622.7069 360-202-0076

509-665-0660

360.260.9969

206-713-0829