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The History of Bainbridge Island, WA

In the late 1700’s, George Vancouver spent several days with his ship, HMS Discovery, anchored off the southern end of Bainbridge Island which he named Restoration Point on May 29, the anniversary of the English Restoration of King Charles II. In 1841, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes stayed at the island while surveying the Northwest and named it after Commodore William Bainbridge. Bainbridge Island was initially a center for the logging and shipbuilding industries. The island was known for enormous and readily available cedars, which were particularly in demand for ships' masts. Since the 1960s, Bainbridge Island has become an increasingly prosperous bedroom community of Seattle.
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