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Eliza Island is located in the western part of Bellingham Bay in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies just east of the southern part of Lummi Island, in Whatcom County. Eliza Island has a land area of 0.571 km² (0.220 sq mi; 141 acres). Its population was ten persons as of the 2010 census^[update].

The island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842. One of the few names given by Wilkes that does not honor either members of his crew or American naval officers, Eliza refers to Francisco de Eliza, the Spanish commander of a 1791 expedition to the Pacific Northwest. Wilkes may have named the island for his daughter or his sister, both named Eliza.[1][2]

The south end of Eliza island is home to commercial and recreational crabbing.

Eliza Island has a small airstrip that can only be used during daylight hours, and one dock which is used strictly for loading and unloading. It is a private island with only about three people who live there year-round. Private generators provide electricity, and a water desalinization system is used to provide water to the residents. Only people who are 55 or older or disabled are allowed to use motor transportation such as a John Deere Gator or golf cart; everyone else can only go by foot or perhaps by bicycle. A designated swimming beach on the south side of the island is sandy and somewhat shallow.

References

External links

• Eliza Island: Blocks 1000 thru 1011, Census Tract 109, Whatcom County, Washington United States Census Bureau
• Aerial photo

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- [en] Eliza Island

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[es] Isla Eliza

La isla Eliza es una isla del archipiélago de las islas San Juan, situadas en el estrecho de Georgia. Pertenecen al Estado de Washington, Estados Unidos. La isla posee un área de 0.571 km² y una población de 10 personas, según el censo de 2000. Se encuentra en la parte occidental de la Bellingham Bay. Al sur de la Isla Lummi. La isla recibe el nombre del capitán español Francisco de Eliza que la descubrió en 1791.

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