Samish Island, Washington

Samish Island is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It lies on an island 48°34′25″N 122°31′48″W / 48.57361°N 122.53000°W / 48.57361; -122.53000 with the same name, which is located off the northwest coast of the Washington mainland. It is connected to the mainland by a system of dikes created in the early 20th century.

Samish Island was part of the ancestral homelands of, and was named after, the Samish Indians, a Coast Salish tribe of the Pacific Northwest.

External links

Samish Island Home Page

Municipalities and communities of Skagit County, Washington, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

Cities	Anacortes Burlington Mount Vernon Sedro-Woolley

Towns	Concrete Hamilton La Conner Lyman

CDPs	Alger Bay View Big Lake Clear Lake Conway Edison Lake Cavanaugh Lake McMurray Marblemount Rockport

Unincorporated communities	Avon Bow Dewey Gibraltar Guemes Island Samish Island

Indian reservation	Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Upper Skagit Tribe Samish

Ghost towns	Skagit City

Coordinates: 48°34′33″N 122°32′28″W / 48.57583°N 122.54111°W / 48.57583; -122.54111

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