Snee Oosh
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Snee Oosh (also spelled Snee-Oosh or Snee-oosh) is a populated place on Fidalgo Island in the U.S. state of Washington, on the Swinomish Indian Reservation.[1][2] Population was reported as 302 in 1999.[3]
There is also a Snee Oosh Point at 48°24′01″N 122°32′51″W / 48.40028°N 122.54750°W,[4][5] and Snee Oosh Beach at 48°24′07″N 122°32′38″W / 48.40194°N 122.54389°W.[6] The names all derive from a Swinomish village.[7]
Kukutali Preserve[]
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The Kukutali Preserve, an extension of Deception Pass State Park jointly administered by the Swinomish and Washington State Parks in a unique arrangement, is adjacent to Snee Oosh, and occupies the entirety of Flagstaff Island and Kiket Island.[8][9] It is the first state–tribal co-managed park in the United States.[10] Kiket Island was once the planned site of a nuclear power plant.[11]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee Oosh, Washington
- ^ "BOUNDARY MAP DETAIL", official website, Swinomish Tribe, 2017, retrieved 2018-11-16
- ^ Yearbook 1999.
- ^ Washington Administrative Code title 237 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, BOARD ON (appendix) (PDF) (2005 ed.), Washington State Legislature, p. 4
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Point
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Beach
- ^ Bright 2004.
- ^ VISITING KUKUTALI PRESERVE, Swinomish Tribe, retrieved 2018-11-16
- ^ Kimberly Cauvel (June 18, 2014), "Kukutali Preserve opens to the public – Swinomish, state Parks partnership the first of its kind", goskagit.com, Skagit Valley Herald
- ^ Romano 2017.
- ^ Wilma, David "Kiket Island" HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001).
Sources[]
- Washington Office of the Governor, Office of the Secretary of State (1999), Washington State Yearbook, Information PressCS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Bright, William (2004), Native American Placenames of the United States, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 454, ISBN 0806135980
- Romano, Craig (2017), Urban Trails Bellingham: Chuckanut Mountains // Western Whatcom // Skagit Valley, The Mountaineers Books, p. 158, ISBN 1680510258
Coordinates: 48°25′20″N 122°33′16″W / 48.42222°N 122.55444°W
- Populated places in Skagit County, Washington
- Puget Sound geography stubs