Destruction Island 1866 U.S. Coast Survey
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Resting 3.5 miles off of the Olympic Peninsula, Destruction Island sits in between Cape Flattery and Gray's Harbor. Lynn Middleton in her book Places Names of the Pacific Northwest Coast offers a few fascinating reasons for the naming of Destruction Island. "Originally names 'Island of Sorrows', by Hecata when in command of the ship, Santiago, out of San Blas-in memory of a boatload of men from the ship, going ashore to find fresh water on the mainland near Point Grenville, who were brutally attacked by the hostile natives and murdered in cold blood... Captain Barkley, in command of the East Indian company ship, Imperial Eagle, suffered a similar experience at the Hoh River, which he named 'Destruction River'. Through some unexplained error, the name, 'Destruction' was later transferred to the island and the river was named for the Indian tribe, who lived along its banks" (62). Additionally there used to be a lighthouse on the island to guide ship safely into the straits of Juan De Fuca which operated from 1891 to 2008. For more information on the history of the island itself visit our article.
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