| LC control no. | sh2002000349 |
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| Geographic heading | Lummi Island (Wash. : Island) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Lummi Island (Island) |
| Variant(s) | Isla de Pacheco (Wash.) McLaughlan's Island (Wash.) Pacheco Island (Wash.) Skall-a-ham (Wash.) Smem-ma-uk (Wash.) |
| See also | Islands--Washington (State) |
| Found in | Work cat.: Lummi Island groundwater study, 1994. GNIS, Dec. 12, 2002 (Lummi Island, island, Whatcom Co., Wash., 48⁰41ʹ45ʺN, 122⁰40ʹ10ʺW; also, Lummi Island, pop. place, Whatcom Co.) Wash. place names database, via WWW, Dec. 12, 2002 (Lummi Island (Ts.37,38N;Rs.1,2E) - Lummi Island is a nine mile long island with an average width of one to one and a half miles between Hale Passage and Rosario Strait at the west entrance to Bellingham Bay in southwest Whatcom County. In 1791, Juan Francisco de Eliza named it Isla de Pacheco, for the Viceroy of Mexico. Charts of 1792 by Valdes and Galliano used the same name. In 1841, Cmdr. Charles Wilkes called it McLaughlan's Island, to honor Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay. In 1853, it was named by U.S. Coast Survey, for the Lummi Indian tribe. Indian names for the island, in two dialects, were Skall-a-ham and Smem-ma-uk) GNIS island; 48°41ʹ45ʺN 122°40ʹ10ʺW |
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