Foster Island (Washington)

Foster Island is an island in Seattle, Washington, USA's Union Bay. Bisected by State Route 520, it is part of the Washington Park Arboretum. There is a walking trail connecting Foster Island and the adjacent Marsh Island to mainland Seattle via a set of bridges and boardwalks.

See Foster Island (Ontario) for the island in the Canadian province of Ontario.
A wood duck rests on Foster Island

Foster Island was once the Duwamish burial ground, Stitici, where the dead were placed in boxes tied up in the branches of trees.[1][2]

References
  1. "Duwamish Tribe: Chesheeahud". duwamishtribe.org. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  2. "Tribe cautions state on 520 bridge route", Kitsap Sun, February 21, 2005


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