San Juan Island NHP Superintendent Peter Dederich chats with British Consul Dennis Leith, who in September 2005 presented a new Union garrison flag for English Camp. The flag was a gift to the park from the people of the United Kingdom.
Beginning with Yellowstone, the idea of a national park was an American invention of historic consequences. The areas that now comprise the national park system, and those that will be added in years to come, are cumulative expressions of a single national heritage. The National Park Service must manage park resources and values in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations -- 2001 NPS Management Policies.
At San Juan Island National Historical Park, staff and volunteers work together to create opportunities for visitor enjoyment while striving always to manage the park's resources so that they will remain unimpaired for future generations.
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GMP Newsletter Learn about the park's upcoming 20-year plan. more...
Final GMP/EIS Read in-depth the final General Management Plan and Enivronmental Impact Statement more...
Park Staff Directory Click to learn who's who at San Juan Island National Historical Park. more...
American Camp's prairie. American Camp's prairie figures prominently in park planning. more...
Did You Know?
First Lieutenant James W. Forsyth was Capt. George E. Pickett's second in command on San Juan Island. Forsyth would become a brigadier general in the Civil War and go on to command the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Wounded Knee Creek in 1890.