Squaxin Island is in the extreme southwestern part of
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma ...
in
Mason County, Washington
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,726. The county seat and only incorporated city is Shelton. The county was formed out of Thurston County on March 13, 1854. Origi ...
,
United States
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. The island is an
Indian reservation of the
Native American Squaxin Island Tribe. It once contained a Washington State Park by the same name, which has since been closed, and the land returned to the Squaxin Tribe. The island's land area is . There was no resident population as of the
2000 census.
Squaxin Island is separated from
Harstine Island, to the east, by
Peale Passage Peale Passage is a strait, in the southern of part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. Entirely within Mason County, Washington, Peale Passage separates Hartstine Island from Squaxin Island.
Peale Passage was named by Charles Wilkes ...
.
The island's name comes from the
Lushootseed
Lushootseed (txʷəlšucid, dxʷləšúcid), also Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish or Skagit-Nisqually, is a language made up of a dialect continuum of several Salish tribes of modern-day Washington state. Lushootseed is one of the Coast Salis ...
placename sqʷax̌səd.
See also
*
Squaxin Island Tribe
References
External links
Squaxin Island: Block 1088, Census Tract 9611, Mason County, WashingtonUnited States Census Bureau
Landforms of Mason County, Washington
Uninhabited islands of Washington (state)
Islands of Puget Sound
Islands of Washington (state)
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