My great-grandfather, who was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company to survey San Juan Island for sheep ranching, boarded the ship at Stromness on Orkney, and came 'round the Horn in 1851. He settled on the south end of San Juan Island, where "American Camp" is now. A year or two later, he went back, married Jessie Grant, and brought her out with him (wedding picture). They produced nine children, one of whom was my grandfather. My father was born on San Juan Island and lived in Friday Harbor (the town, not the harbor itself. . . .) until he left in his twenties.
I have relatives there and have been there many times.
My great-grandfather and great-grandmother were there during The Pig War.
If you're going to have a war, that's the way to do it!