Not that this means much.....

[Jared Drake]

But I watched "The Last Mimzy" today and it's set on Whidbey Island. I thought it was neat I "knew" two people located there. Have you two seen it, Paul and John? I wonder if  you recognized any of the houses or settings. I really have no idea how big Whidbey is.
Jared

[MountainDon]

168.67 mi² (436.85 km²) of land area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whidbey_Island

http://www.islandweb.org/index.php

Lokks like depending on where you live it's possible to be north of Victoria, BC

[PEG688]

Nope never seen it , but funny you should mention it Emily our family friend Glenn  & Sassy met down in Tahoe also had never heard of Whidbey until she saw the movie you mentioned.  So she was stoked to hear of it again , well sorta

There's been a few movies parts  shot here , Snow falling on Cedars ,  I think some of The war of the Roses , with Deveto , Douglas , Kathrine whats her name  Ross ??  , both come to mind.

 Makes a few bucks for the towns / Island , building owners  get some new paint as they paint the building the color they want them for the shot , then repaint to org. color when they're done .

Whidbey is the largest island in CONUS , Long Island was "down graded" to a pennsular(sp)  a few years ago  . Whidbey's about 80 miles long , and varies in width from less then ( about ) 1/2 mile in one spot to maybe 5 or so wide at it's widest.

John's "down south / southender "  , AKA as liberal freak ville   Sorry John   I'm "up north/ northender"     the bastion of conserative , Who rahhhh, kick arse United States Navy / war-mongers / baby killer/ Home of the EA6B Prowler deployable in a heart beat to jam your rader till it's fryed  to a krisp , and if we can lock on we'll fire a HARM missle up yer six so fast you won't know what happened,






Soon ( next 4 to 8 years to be replaced by the EA18F Growler

 

We also have the closest fresh water lake to salt water in CONUS . So we're multi talented  


           

[PEG688]

168.67 mi² (436.85 km²) of land area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whidbey_Island

http://www.islandweb.org/index.php

Lokks like depending on where you live it's possible to be north of Victoria, BC

Nah yer lookin at Fidago Island  on that map , thats where our bridge to the main land is , Deception pass , lots of folks come just to look off the bridge  , some come to jump Been there , helped out , didn't get the tee shirt,   the cops on scene got the awards , I just went onto work , back in 2000 IIRC.



 Better photo :



 The bridge, one of the scenic wonders of the Pacific Northwest, is actually two spans, one over Canoe Pass to the north, and another over Deception Pass to the south. Construction began in August 1934, and the completed bridge was dedicated at noon on July 31, 1935. The Wallace Bridge and Structural Co. of Seattle, Washington provided 460 tons of steel for the 511-foot Canoe Pass arch and 1130 tons for the 976-foot Deception Pass span. The cost of construction was $482,000.


 That close to where the lake is as well deception Pass state park , most visited park in Washington state Friggin tourist