Brown Island | |
Location: | Pacific Northwest |
Archipelago: | San Juan Islands |
Area Sqmi: | 0.11 |
Country: | United States |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Washington |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | County |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | San Juan County |
Population: | 10 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Brown Island is a small, private island in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washington, United States. It lies just offshore to the east-northeast of the town of Friday Harbor, Washington. The island has a land area of approximately 70acres and on January 1, 2008, it had a resident full-time population of 10 people.
Brown Island was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 for the party's navigational instrument repairman, John G. Brown.[1]