|
Click
button for more
Pacific
Northwest
List with us
Back to
Orcas Island
main page
ACTIVITIES
Bicycling
Boat Rentals
Cruises and Tours
Diving
Golf
Sea Kayaking
Whale Watching
More Orcas Island
VISITOR INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATIONS
Bed and Breakfast
Cabins, Cottages
Campgrounds/RV Parks
Hotels and Motels
Vacation Rentals
FOOD and BEVERAGE
ATTRACTIONS
SHOPPING
Ferry
Schedules
Ferry
Route Map
Ferry
Weather
More
San Juan Islands
Lopez Island
Orcas Island
San Juan Island
Shaw Island
Name
Orcas Island, is not named after the Orca
whales as one might expect, but rather, named after Don Juan Vincente de Guemes
Pacheco Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo Conde de Revilla Gigedo (!!), the patron of
a Spanish explorer and viceroy of Mexico.
|
Orcas Island
Activities
List with Go Northwest!
Orcas Island is popular
with bicyclists arriving via Washington State Ferry and leaving their cars
on the mainland.
Go Northwest! photo by Dave Dean.
Bicycling
North Shore Charters.
Orcas Island, WA. Phone:
360-376-4855.
E-mail
Wildlife Cycles.
350 North Beach Road, P. O. Box 1048, Eastsound, WA 98245.
Boat
Rentals and Charters
Orcas Boat Rentals.
P.O. Box 272, Deer Harbor, WA 98243. Phone: 360-376-7616.
E-mail
Orcas
Sailing Charters. P.O. Box 395, Orcas, WA 98280. Phone: 360-376-3080.
E-mail
Cruises and Tours
North Shore Charters.
Orcas Island, WA. Phone:
360-376-4855.
E-mail
Diving
Island Dive
& Watersports. Dive shop and Charter. Ron C. Kenny.
1400 Rosario Road, Eastsound, WA 98245. Phone: 360-376-7615;
Fax: 360-376-7343. E-mail
Golf
Orcas Island Country Golf
Course. 2171 Orcas Road, Eastsound, WA 98245. Phone: 360-376-4400.
E-mail
Sea Kayaking
Shearwater
Adventures. P. O. Box 787, Eastsound, WA 98245. Phone:
360-376-4699; Fax: 360-376-2005.
E-mail
Lieber Haven
Resort & Marina. 1945 Obstruction Pass Road, P. O. Box 127, Olga, Orcas
Island, WA 98279. Phone: 360-376-2472.
Whale
Watching
Bigwave Sea Adventures Co.
P. O. Box 371, Orcas, WA 98280. Phone: 360-376-7078; Toll-free:
1-800-732-4095; Fax: 360-376-3338.
Deer Harbor
Charters. P. O. Box 303, Deer Harbor, WA
98243. Phone: 360-376-5989; Toll-free: 1-800-544-5758.
E-mail
Orcas Island
Eclipse Charters. Toll-free: 1-800-376-6566; Fax: 360-376-4780.
|
The San Juan
Islands map will help you locate cities, towns and other attractions. Tip:
To open the map in a new browser window,
click the map image above. Go
Northwest!
Bookstore
Best selection of books on the
Northwest.
Click here!
The
Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-Watching Trips in North America.
by Patricia Corrigan, Roger Payne
Paperback, 328 pages, Updated edition,
March 1999.
Order
now...
Killer
Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia
and Washington State
by John K. B. Ford, Graeme M. Ellis, Kenneth C., III Balcomb
Paperback: 104 pages, University of
Washington Press, ISBN: 0295979585. Updated edition, June 15, 2000.
Order
now...
We appreciate your orders. They help keep
Go
Northwest! online. |