Brown Island is a small, private island in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island,

San Juan County, Washington San Juan County is a county located in the Salish Sea in the far northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,788. The county seat and only incorporated city is Friday Harbor, located on ...

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. It lies just offshore to the east-northeast of the town of

Friday Harbor, Washington Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,162 at 2010 census. Located on San Juan Island, Friday Harbor is the major commercial center of the San Juan Islands archipelago and is the county sea ...

. The island has a land area of approximately and on January 1, 2008, it had a resident full-time population of 10 people. Brown Island was named by the

Wilkes Expedition The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby ...

in 1841 for the party's navigational instrument repairman, John G. Brown.

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Brown Island: Blocks 1024 and 1025, Census Tract 9604, San Juan County, Washington
United States Census Bureau San Juan Islands Private islands of Washington (state) {{SanJuanCountyWA-geo-stub

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