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The Swinomish Channel is an 11-mile (18 km) long [1] salt-water channel in Washington state, United States, which connects Skagit Bay to the south and Padilla Bay to the north, separating Fidalgo Island from mainland Skagit County. [2] The Swinomish Channel is the smallest of the three entrances to Puget Sound—the other two being Deception ...
The Swinomish Indian Reservation is the reservation and land body of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The reservation is located on Puget Sound, on the southeastern side of Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, Washington. [17] It is located on the Swinomish Channel, across from La Conner, Washington. [8]
The Swinomish traditionally used clam gardens to farm clams. In 2022, the Swinomish Tribe built the first clam garden in the United States in 200 years. [21] The Swinomish also traditionally gathered berries and roots, and, after the introduction of potatoes, they became part of the Swinomish diet. [7] In pre-colonial times, the Swinomish were ...
La Conner's Rainbow bridge connects La Conner to Fidalgo Island, which includes the gated Shelter Bay Community, the Swinomish reservation, and the city of Anacortes. The center of town—roughly bounded by 2nd, Morris, and Commercial streets and Swinomish Channel—is a historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Rainbow Bridge connects Fidalgo Island and La Conner, crossing Swinomish Channel in Skagit County, Washington. This is a deck arch bridge made of steel, built in 1957, with a total length of 242.90 metres (796.9 ft) and a main span of 176.80 metres (580.1 ft). [1] There is 75 feet (23 m) of clearance below the bridge, above Swinomish Channel [2]
Fidalgo Island is an island in Skagit County, Washington, located about 60 mi (97 km) 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 Kikiallus people (Lushootseed: kikiyalus) [1] are a Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people Indigenous to parts of western Washington.. The Kikiallus and their descendants are enrolled primarily in the federally-recognized tribe, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and are today generally recognized as one of the four groups the modern Swinomish community is descended from. [2]
The Swinomish Indian Reservation is located on Fidalgo Island at the north end of Skagit Bay, between Similk Bay and the Swinomish Channel.