We spent a week on Whidbey Island in northern Puget Sound in January in weather
ranging from cold rain and fog to shirtsleeves and sunshine where I tested the
landscape capabilities of the Sony RX100. Whidbey Island was named by Captain
George Vancouver for Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey who explored the island in a
launch from Discovery in 1792 (link).
Vancouver had a penchant for naming things after his friends – he named Puget
Sound after Discovery Lieutenant
Peter Puget, Mount Baker after 3rd Lieutenant Joseph Baker, Mount
Rainier after Rear Admiral Peter Rainier, and so on (link).
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (NHR)
Ebey’s Landing NHR was established by Congress in 1978 as a partnership among the National Park Service; state, county and town governments; and residents of central Whidbey Island. It is administered and managed by the Trust Board of Ebey’s Landing NHR and is the first unit of its kind in the National Park System. The Reserve covers over 17,000 acres, most of which is privately owned, and includes Penn Cove and the town of Coupeville (link, link).
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