Snee Oosh (also spelled Snee-Oosh or Snee-oosh; ) is a populated place on

Fidalgo Island Fidalgo Island is an island in Skagit County, Washington, located about north of Seattle. To the east, it is separated from the mainland by the Swinomish Channel, and from Whidbey Island to the south by Deception Pass. The island is named afte ...

in the U.S. state of

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, on the Swinomish Indian Reservation. The population was reported as 302 in 1999. There is also a Snee Oosh Point at , and Snee Oosh Beach at .

History

Snee Oosh is the site of one of the main Swinomish villages occupied in historic times. The name "Snee Oosh" is derived from the Lushootseed name, , which means "look the other way."

Kukutali Preserve

The Kukutali Preserve, an extension of

Deception Pass State Park Deception Pass (; ) is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bri ...

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. It is the first state–tribal co-managed park in the United States. Kiket Island was once the planned site of a nuclear power plant.Wilma, David
Kiket Island
HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001). Kukutali Preserve entrance sign

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* * Unincorporated communities in Skagit County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{SkagitCountyWA-geo-stub