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Cutts Island State Park

Park in Pierce County, Washington, US

Summary

Park in Pierce County, Washington, US

Field	Value
name	Cutts Island Marine State Park
photo	Cutts Island, 01.jpg
photo_caption	Cutts (or Deadman's) Island
photo_alt	Island
photo_width	280
map	USA Washington#USA
map_caption	Location in the state of Washington
map_size	280
relief	1
location	Pierce County, Washington, United States
nearest_city	Gig Harbor, Washington
coordinates
coords_ref
area	2 acre
elevation	10 ft
established	1969
administrator	Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
website

Cutts Island State Park is a public recreation area park comprising the entirety of 2 acre 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. 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.

;Island names Cutts Island has also been known as "Crow Island," after the crows found in abundance on the island in 1792 by explorer Peter Puget, and "Scotts Island," after Thomas Scott, quartermaster of the 1841 Wilkes expedition. The belief that the island served as a burial ground for 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.

References

{{cite gnis. 1533033. Cutts Island
"Cutts Island Marine State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
"Kopachuck State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
(December 2009). "Marine Protected Areas in Washington". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(2004). "Washington State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide". The Mountaineers Books.

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