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From : Kristfield
Added: Jun 25, 2009
Samish Island is located off the northwest coast of Washington State. In the past it really was an island, but has been connected to the mainland by a dike since 1930. It is informally considered to be one of the "inner San Juan islands", along with Guemes, Eliza, Vendovi, Lummi, Cypress, Sinclair, and other small islands to the east of the larger San Juan Islands. Samish island was part of the ancestral homelands of the Samish Tribe a Coast Salish group of the Pacific Northwest. The island is located on the estuary of the Samish River which comes into Samish Bay and Alice Bay on the southeast side of the island. Padilla Bay in located on the southwest side of the island. As recently as 1887, according to maps made by the U.S. Navy, Samish Island was separated from the flats by a slough or salt marsh. Dikes and drainage ditches were built to create more farmland. By the 1930's the connection was dry between the island the mainland. Samish island is generally considered part of the Nanaimo Formation. This formation is much younger than the other terranes in the San Juan Islands and consequently is much less deformed. Samish Bay is the site of several oyster growing operations: Blau Oyster, Taylor Shellfish farms along Chuckanut Drive, and several small oyster growers along the shorelines of Samish Island.
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