Cotton Point Island
Cotton Point Island is a island in Washington State, a few meters offshore of Cotton Point on Orcas Island.United States Geological Survey 1:24,000 Topo Quad 48122e8, "Shaw Island" It is part of the San Juan Islands National Monument and owned by Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ..., perhaps its smallest holding in Washington. See also * '''' * '''' References Protected areas of San Juan County, Washington San Juan Islands Uninhabited islands of Washington (state) {{SanJuanCountyWA-geo-stub ...
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Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands, designated as part of the state highway system. The agency maintains the largest fleet of ferries in the United States at 21 vessels. In , the system had a ridership of about per weekday as of . , it was the largest ferry operator in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world. History The ferry system has its origins in the "mosquito fleet", a collection of small steamer lines serving the Puget Sound area during the later part of the nineteenth century and early part of the 20th century. By the beginning of the 1930s, two lines remained: the Puget Sound Navigation Company (known as the Black Ball Line) and the Kitsap County Transportation Company. A ...
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