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Double Island is a pair of islands located in the San Juan Islands, in West Sound, Salish Sea, Washington. Double Island refers collectively to two islands separated by a 10-foot channel. Big Double Island is 18 acres, and sits directly north of Alegria Island, or Little Double Island.[1][2]

Geography

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Detail from a 1911 British Admiralty Chart showing West Sound. Double Island is marked in the lower center of the image.

Double Island is located at the southwestern entrance of West Sound, a bay of Orcas Island.[3] The islands are a quarter mile south of Victim Island.[4]

History

The name Double Island first appears on an 1858-1860 British Admiralty chart.[3] Alegria Island was coined in 1977 by the island's owners.[5]

Big Double Island features a home designed by architect Thomas Bosworth.[2]

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