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Landing Site of Capt. George Vancouver

“On May 30 1792 Captain Vancouver and his party anchored off this point and came ashore the following morning. Commissioned by the British to survey the N.W. coast of America. They named this area Rose Point for the many wild roses that grew here.”

Marker placed by Washington Sate Society Daughters of the American Colonists, August 22 1999

 

Mukilteo Lighthouse

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