Snee Oosh

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]

Stop sign at the intersection of Snee-Oosh Road and Reservation Road, Skagit County, Washington on a sunny fall day

There is also a Snee Oosh Point at 48°24′01″N 122°32′51″W,[4][5] and Snee Oosh Beach at 48°24′07″N 122°32′38″W.[6] The names all derive from a Swinomish village.[7] In 2014, dozens of skinned animals washed ashore Snee Oosh beach. The carcasses were determined to be skinned minks being used as crab bait that were improperly disposed of.[8]

Kukutali Preserve
Sign at the entrance to Kukutali Preserve in Snee Oosh

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.[9][10] It is the first state–tribal co-managed park in the United States.[11] Kiket Island was once the planned site of a nuclear power plant.[12]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee Oosh, Washington
  2. "BOUNDARY MAP DETAIL", official website, Swinomish Tribe, 2017, retrieved 2018-11-16
  3. Washington State Yearbook 1999.
  4. Washington Administrative Code title 237 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, BOARD ON (appendix) (PDF) (2005 ed.), Washington State Legislature, p. 4
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Point
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Beach
  7. Bright 2004.
  8. "Skinned animals wash up on Snee-Oosh Beach".
  9. VISITING KUKUTALI PRESERVE, Swinomish Tribe, retrieved 2018-11-16
  10. 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
  11. Romano 2017.
  12. Wilma, David "Kiket Island" HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001).

Sources

48°25′20″N 122°33′16″W


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