Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook...
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actual landing site was probably located in what is now Lucy Wright Park, near the mouth of the Waimea River, just south of the town of Waimea. A plaque...
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Hawaiian Islands. After his initial landfall in January 1778 at Waimea harbour, Kauai, Cook named the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" after the fourth...
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population was 73,298. Styling itself the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Na Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of...
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Wright Park is on the southeast side of the mouth of the Waimea River. The Cook Landing Site is accessible from the park. The park provides a shaded pavilion...
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town's harbor includes a fuel depot, shipping terminal and military landing site. Outside of the man-made breakwall of the harbor is a popular surf spot...
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listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; they are here divided by...
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States' largest cattle ranches: Parker Ranch, on 175,000 acres (708 km2) in Waimea. The island is known for astronomy, with numerous telescopes positioned...
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April 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023. "Waimea Gazette - September 1997 - POKE". waimeagazette.com. Waimea Gazette. Retrieved 29 September 2023. Talwar...
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knives to iron blades in the possession of Hawaiians at the time of Cook's first landing at Kaua'i is a prime example. These were thought to have developed...
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