==History==The name "Orcas" is a shortened form of "Horcasitas," or Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the Viceroy of Mexico who sent an exploration expedition under Francisco de Eliza to the Pacific Northwest in 1791.
Durante il viaggio, Eliza esplorò una parte delle San Juan Islands.