Roche Harbor - Hardcoverby Richard Walker (Author) Roche Harbor's deep, protected waters and abundant resources inspired poets, one of whom wrote in 1903, "A rock bound coast hems in a wealth of verdant pastures sweet; Deep forests cover vale and hill where fresh and salt waters meet." For millennia, this was the home of the Lummi and Songhees people. The British established a military camp near here in 1860 to maintain their claim to the San Juan Islands. Limestone was