About Camano Island Sunspots

***Pristine Pacific Northwest island beauty is closer than you may think. Camano Island has it all. From thousands of acres of unspoiled hills to miles of uncrowded Puget Sound shoreline, from the raccoons and deer populating stately evergreen forests to bald eagles and blue herons along the beach. Not to mention two State Parks within a mile of each other: Camano Island State Park & the brand new Cama Beach State Park. And it's all easily accessible by bridge--no waiting for ferries here! Camano Island is named for the Spanish explorer Jacinto Caamaño. Charles Wilkes, during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, named it MacDonough Island in honor of Thomas MacDonough for his victory of the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Following this theme, Wilkes named the body of water between Camano and Whidbey Island after MacDonough's flagship the Saratoga. When Henry Kellett reorganized the official British Admiralty charts in 1847, he removed Wilkes' name MacDonough and bestowed the name Camano, which the Spanish had originally given to Admiralty Inlet in 1790. Wilkes' name Saratoga Passage was retained.