- Puget Island, Washington
Puget Island is a 19.365 km² (4,785 acre; 7.5 sq mi) island and unincorporated rural community in the
Columbia River in Wahkiakum County,Washington ,United States . TheJulia Butler Hansen Bridge (built in 1938) carries State Route 409 across theCathlamet Channel to connect the island to the town ofCathlamet, Washington . Route 409 crosses the island to its southern shore, where it connects with the county-operatedWahkiakum County Ferry , "Wahkiakum", providing service toWestport, Oregon . The 2000 census reported a population of 798 persons.Puget Island's Robert W. Little Preserve is home to a population of endangered
Columbian White-tailed Deer cite web | title = The Nature Conservancy: Robert W. Little (Puget Island) Preserve
url = http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/preserves/art6366.html
accessdate = 2007-10-29] .The island was named for
Peter Puget , a lieutenant in theVancouver Expedition of exploration, which first mapped the island in 1792.References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005001&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005002&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005003&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005004&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005005&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005006&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005007&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005008&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005009&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005010&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005011&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005012&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005013&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005014&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005015&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005016&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005017&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005018&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005019&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005020&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005021&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005022&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005023&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005024&-geo_id=100$10000US530699501005025&-search_results=15000US530699501005&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Puget Island: Blocks 5001 thru 5025, Census Tract 9501, Wahkiakum County, Washington] United States Census BureauExternal links
* [http://englishriverwebsite.com/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/Regions/Places/puget_island.html Puget Island] section of Lyn Topinka's photo essay [http://www.iinet.com/~englishriver/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/index.html Lewis & Clark's Columbia River]
* [http://www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us/depts/pw/index.htm WAHKIAKUM COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Ferry Wahkiakum]
* [http://www.cwcog.org/Puget%20Island%20Plan%20Synopsis.doc Puget Island Community Plan, 9/15/04] document on [http://www.cwcog.org/ Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments] website
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