Camano Island

Infobox Islands
name = Camano

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location = Puget Sound
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area = convert|39.77|sqmi|km2
length = convert|62|mi|km
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country = United States
country admin divisions title = State
country admin divisions = flag|Washington
country admin divisions title 1 = County
country admin divisions 1 = Island County
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population = 13358
population as of = 2000
density = 129.7
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Camano Island (pronEng|kəˈmeɪnoʊ) is a large island in Puget Sound, located in Island County, Washington, between Whidbey Island and the mainland. The body of water separating Whidbey Island and Camano Island is called Saratoga Passage. Camano Island is separated from mainland Snohomish County by Davis Slough near the city of Stanwood. The island is reached via State Route 532 over the Mark Clark Bridge in the northeast of the island.

There were 13,358 residents on the island as of the 2000 census, but the population peaks up to 17,000 during the summer months with retired "snowbirds." The island has a total land area of 102.99 km² (39.77 sq mi). Kristoferson Lake is the largest lake on Camano Island. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_showChild=Y&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.060097683886504785|dh=0.03025238598767911|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-122.38641679103154|cy=48.237577945934554|zl=3|pz=3|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=06000US5302990400&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=06000US5302990400&-geo_id=100$10000US530610532011002&-geo_id=100$10000US530610532011003&-geo_id=100$10000US530610533014076&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=100$10000US530610533014076&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Components of Camano Island] United States Census Bureau]

The island is supported by the city of Stanwood (in Snohomish County) and the two communities share many amenities, including Stanwood-Camano School District.

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. [cite book |last= Phillips |first= James W. |title= Washington State Place Names |year= 1971 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 0-295-95158-3]

References

External links

*http://www.nwsource.com/travel/scr/tf_destination.cfm?ct=298&pageid=WA
*http://www.CamanoIsland.org