Samish Skagit County, Washington


Mapped Location

Samish: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Samish

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Samish

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Samish Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Samish

References to Samish that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

SAMISH, a bay, island, river and town in the northwestern part of Skagit County and a lake in the southwestern part of Whatcom County, all from the name of a tribe of Indians which formerly lived in that region. (Myron Eells, in American Anthropologist for January, 1892.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2024-06-03