Roche Harbor is located at the Northwest tip of San Juan Island. Formerly the site of a substantial lime quarry and kiln operation that lead to the creation of a company town, it is known today as Roche Harbor Resort. The resort is home to the Hotel de Haro and other historic buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Hotel de Haro was built around an existing log bunkhouse in 1887. It provided twenty-two guest rooms for owner John S. McMillin’scustomers while they were at Roche Harbor negotiating the purchase of lime from the company’s lime works. Today, yellow pavers (fire bricks) from the lime kilns line the road in front of the hotel, and nine former “married employee” cottages from the McMillin-era are still used for guest accommodations. Nestled in the woods nearby, stands the McMillin family mausoleum, a stone memorial comprised of multiple architectural elements symbolizing the religious and Masonic symbolism McMillin held dear. The chapel overlooking the harbor was built in 1892 by John S. McMillan as a Methodist Church. On the week days it was used as a schoolhouse for his employees’ children. The chapel was renovated in 1956 when Roche Harbor was purchased by the Tarte family. In 1960 it was dedicated as a Catholic Church, Our Lady of Good Voyage, the only privately owned Catholic Church in the United States. Tour participants should meet in the lobby/sitting room of the De Haro Hotel.

* Location: Roche Harbor, San Juan Island
* Contact: Sam Jacobson
* Phone: (360) 370-7743
* Admission: Free

Opening weekend of the 8th annual invitational Sculpture Exhibition at Westcott Bay Sculpture Park and Nature Reserve  May 1 to May 3. See over 100 sculptures by Pacific Northwest regional artists including Ann Morris and Gerald Tsutakawa, placed throughout 19 acres of meadow, forest, and pond.

* Times: Daily, sunrise to sundown
* Location: Westcott Bay Sculpture Park & Nature Reserve, San Juan Island
* Phone: (360) 370-5050

Park rangers and volunteers recreate military and civilian life at English Camp during the island’s early pioneer period. Activities include blacksmithing, coopering, weaving, needlework and exhibitions of military equipment and skills.

Park rangers and volunteers describe events leading up to and including the Pig War and the peaceful joint occupation of San Juan Island by British and American troops.

Cost: Free

Every Monday evening there is an informal get together of San Juan Island country-dance musicians and other enthusiasts. They play, learn and/or participate in Mixers, Squares, Lines, Rounds, Contras, Polka, Waltz, Schottisch, Hambo, and folk dances. Learn, perform, dance or just enjoy watching and hearing a variety of traditional “Barn Dance” tunes and dances, (as demonstrated at the San Juan Island Farmer’s Market and at National Park Service Reenactments.) Strengthen community and friendships on the Island through the spirit of America’s folk heritage and by dancing with everybody in the hall. Benefit from non-commercial friendships and community participation.
San Juan Singers in Concert

* Location: The Mullis Center, San Juan Island
* Contact: Mike Cohen
* Phone: (360) 378-6313
* Admission: Optional donation: 25 cents, more or less