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James Island ( Quileute: A-ka-lat - "Top of the Rock") is at the mouth of the Quillayute River near La Push, Washington. Local historians say it is named for Francis Wilcox James, a lighthouse keeper and friend of the Quileute Indians there, though the ''Origin of Washington Geographic Names'' attributes the name to Jimmie Howeshatta, a Quileute chief.
A fortified village was on the island until the second half of the 19th century. After this it was farmed by mainland residents and tribal chiefs were buried there. At 160 feet (49 m) in height, the island has also been a lookout to spot whales. The island was once a
Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Assessment, Chapter 1
page 1-8. No people outside of the Quileute tribe are allowed on the island.
James Island ( Quileute: A-ka-lat - "Top of the Rock") is at the mouth of the Quillayute River near La Push, Washington. Local historians say it is named for Francis Wilcox James, a lighthouse keeper and friend of the Quileute Indians there, though the ''Origin of Washington Geographic Names'' attributes the name to Jimmie Howeshatta, a Quileute chief.
A fortified village was on the island until the second half of the 19th century. After this it was farmed by mainland residents and tribal chiefs were buried there. At 160 feet (49 m) in height, the island has also been a lookout to spot whales. The island was once a sea stack
A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology ...
, connected to the mainland. The US Army Corps of Engineers
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separated it by rerouting the Quillayute River. Today, the US Coast Guard
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operates an automated lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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and foghorn
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for boats using the harbor.
In 1966, James Island was removed from the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex is an administrative grouping of six National Wildlife Refuges in Washington, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It includes:
* Flattery Rocks National Wildlife Refuge (, )
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by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Interior Department returned the island to the Quileute people because it was in the historic Quileute Indian Reservation.Removed by Public Land Order 4095, September 19, 1966, according tComprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Assessment, Chapter 1
page 1-8. No people outside of the Quileute tribe are allowed on the island.
References
Quileute Landforms of Clallam County, Washington Pacific islands of Washington (state) {{ClallamCountyWA-geo-stub