Pearl Island (Washington)
Encyclopedia
Pearl Island is one of the San Juan Islands
of San Juan County, Washington, USA. Named during the 1841 Wilkes Expedition, it lies off the western shore of San Juan Island
, between it and Henry Island
. Pearl Island has a land area of 0.151 km² (37.3 acre
s), and a population of seven permanent residents as of the 2000 census
.
San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the northwest corner of the contiguous United States between the US mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of the U.S...
of San Juan County, Washington, USA. Named during the 1841 Wilkes Expedition, it lies off the western shore of San Juan Island
San Juan Island
San Juan Island is the second-largest and most populous of the San Juan Islands in northwestern Washington, United States. It has a land area of 142.59 km² and a population of 6,822 as of the 2000 census....
, between it and Henry Island
Henry Island (Washington)
Henry Island is one of the San Juan Islands of San Juan County, Washington, USA. It lies just off the northwest shore of San Juan Island. The small Pearl Island also lies between Henry Island and San Juan Island at its northern end. Just northwest of the northern tip of Henry Island lies Battleship...
. Pearl Island has a land area of 0.151 km² (37.3 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s), and a population of seven permanent residents as of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.