Cutts Island State Park
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Cutts Island State Park is a public recreation area park comprising the entirety of two-acre (0.81 ha) Cutts Island in Carr Inlet in Pierce County, Washington. The island is a clay butte with a stand of trees and a teardrop-shaped beach at low tide.[3] It sits one half-mile offshore from Kopachuck State Park and is accessible only by water and occasionally by sandbar at extremely low tide. Eight mooring buoys are available for boaters. Park activities include beachcombing and scuba diving.[4]
- Island names
Cutts Island has also been known as "Crow Island," after the crows found in abundance on the island in 1792 by explorer
Native American tribes who placed their dead in canoes in the forks of trees gave birth to the name "Deadman's Island." The origin of the name "Cutts Island" is unknown.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cutts Island State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Marine Protected Areas in Washington" (PDF). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. December 2009. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Kopachuck State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Cutts Island State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ISBN 9780898868937. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
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