Flat, unassuming Blake Island sits in the middle of Puget Sound, its every neighbor dotted with settlement, population, commerce. There’s Bainbridge to the north, West Seattle to the east, Vashon to the south, and mainland Kitsap the closest, just to the west. Yet (almost) no buildings interrupt Blake’s thick carpet of evergreens; it is a dot of forest amidst marine traffic and the booming development around the Salish Sea.
But Seattle’s just-out-back island is anything but blank. Today the Blake Island Marine State Park may be known for its sailboat-friendly campsites and miles of hiking trails, but its history is entwined with Seattle’s—as, most likely,
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