TRANSPORTATION.
There is no transportation save by water, but the islands are in the way of traffic from so many different directions that all parts are well served by steamboats.
ISLANDS AND TOWNS.
SAN JUAN ISLAND is the largest of the group, and its chief industries are farming, raising stock, salmon-fishing, and manufacturing lime.
Friday Harbor, on this island, is the county seat and largest town, with about 500 people. A telephone system is in operation throughout the island.
Roche Harbor is the home of great lime kilns.
ORCAS ISLAND is the leading fruit-growing district of the county.
East Sound, near the center of the island, at the foot of Mount Constitution, is a picturesque and charming fruit-growing section and summer resort.
Orcas is an important center of the fruit and sheep raising industries.
LOPEZ ISLAND is a beautiful stretch of fertile agricultural land, much of it under tillage, and is the home of a prosperous community of farmers and stock-growers.
Lopez is the chief commercial center, with a cannery and creamery.