Puget Island, Washington

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. The Julia Butler Hansen Bridge (built in 1938) carries State Route 409 across the Cathlamet Channel to connect the island to the town of Cathlamet, Washington. Route 409 crosses the island to its southern shore, where it connects with the county-operated Wahkiakum County Ferry, "Wahkiakum", providing service to Westport, 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 Deercite 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 the Vancouver 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 Bureau

External 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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