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Captain Christian Tuttle

The first permanent non-Native settler, Captain Christian Tuttle, arrived in 1871, establishing a homestead that stretched for 320 acres.

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We would like to acknowledge that Lummi Island is situated on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples, who have lived in the Salish Sea basin, throughout the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades watershed, from time immemorial. Our deepest respect and gratitude for our Indigenous neighbours, the Lummi Nation, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.