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06/13/2008: "Orcas FD Lends A Hand"

( Left to Right: Patos Island Fire Dept. Members: Jason & Sherri Maderios, Chad Kimple, Jeff Jones, Alicia Harris, Max Jones, Nick Teague and Nicol O¹Neill. Not pictured: Dave Mowrey and State Park Ranger Ted Schlund.)

The Orcas Island Fire Department volunteers teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Land Management and Washington State Parks in the Patos Island Lighthouse 100th year birthday party preparations.

Members of the fire department have volunteered over 300 hours of labor in 2006, and have recently been named the Patos Island sponsor in the Washington State Adopt-A-Park Program


Patos Island State Park is a 207-acre marine park with 20,000 feet of saltwater shoreline. The island is owned by the federal government and is administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Wenatchee Office. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission operates a small campground facility at Active Cove near the west side of the island, maintains a 1.5 mile loop trail and has two offshore mooring bouys.

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Patos Island is designated a federal Wilderness Area. Visitor activities onshore are limited to use of the campsites at Active Cove, the 1.5-mile loop trail and the lighthouse reserve area at Alden Point on the west side of the island. All other portions of the island and the Little Patos Island are closed to public access.

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