Kiket Island
{{Short description|Washingtonian islet}}
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Kiket Island ({{Langx|lut|kʷuʔkʷuʔtali}}) is a small tied island in Washington, co-managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.{{cite book |author=Scherer, Migael
|title=A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: Olympia to Port Angeles
|year=2004 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |isbn=0-07-142039-8 |pages=191–192
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDGbLROMn-AC&dq=%22Kiket+Island%22&pg=PT157}} Located at Snee Oosh, less than {{convert|4| miles||spell=in}} northwest of the town of La Conner in Skagit County, Washington, Kiket is connected to Fidalgo Island by a tombolo called {{Langx|lut|sdᶻalgʷiɬ|lit=|label=none}}, over which runs an access road. The name "Kiket" is derived from the Lushootseed-language name of the island, {{Langx|lut|kʷuʔkʷuʔtali|label=none}}. The name means "place of cattail mat." The small spit connecting the two is called {{Langx|lut|sdᶻalgʷiɬ|lit=changing canoes|label=none}}.{{Cite book |last=Hilbert |first=Vi |author-link=Vi Hilbert |title=sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography |last2=Miller |first2=Jay |last3=Zahir |first3=Zalmai |publisher=Lushootseed Press |others=Original Manuscript from T.T. Waterman |year=2001 |isbn=979-8750945764 |location= |pages=348, 350 |language=en}}
Geography
Hope Island lies to the south of Kiket; Skagit Island only a few hundred feet to the southwest. These islands can be said to divide Skagit Bay from Similk Bay. The shoreline of Kiket Island and vicinity has been called one of the best-studied areas of coastal Washington. Ecological studies were made in the last decades of the twentieth century, when the site was considered for a nuclear power plant.
History
In 1969, Seattle City Light and Snohomish County PUD considered building a $250 million 1,100 MW nuclear power plant on the island.Wilma, David "[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1249 Kiket Island]" HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001). By 1972, the plan for the nuclear plant was dropped due to environmental concerns.Stober, Quentin and Salo, Ernest "[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/xmlui/handle/1773/3789 Ecological Studies of the proposed Kiket Island Nuclear Power Site]" Fisheries Research Institute, College of Fisheries, University of Washington (1973). Seattle City Light and Snohomish County PUD sold the property in 1980.
On June 23, 2010, a joint ownership agreement was signed by the state Parks and Recreation Commission and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Both Kiket and tiny Flagstaff Island (connected to Kiket by another tombolo) are included in the agreement, and are part of Deception Pass State Park. The partners and The Trust for Public Land gathered grants and donations from a range of sources to purchase the $14 million property.[http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/deception_pass_park_to_include_kiket_island/ Deception Pass park to include Kiket Island]." Whitney Pipkin, Skagit Valley Herald, June 24, 2010. As part of the acquisition process, wildlife surveys were conducted in the winter of 2008–2009."[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/wetlands/stewardship/pdf/KIKET_CELCP2008.pdf Kiket Island Addition to Deception Pass State Park]" (PDF). Washington State Department of Ecology (July 7, 2008).
The park is open to the public with restrooms at the parking lot accessed via Snee-Oosh Road and on the west end of the island.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/kukutali-preserve|title=Kukutali Preserve — Washington Trails Association|website=www.wta.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-24}}
References
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External links
- {{Gnis|1505973|Kiket Island}}
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Category:Islands of Washington (state)
Category:Islands of Puget Sound