The Washington State Committee on Geographic Names has approved a new name for the passage between Marrowstone Island and Indian Island.
The waterway will be called Passage Through, the …
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The Washington State Committee on Geographic Names has approved a new name for the passage between Marrowstone Island and Indian Island.
The waterway will be called Passage Through, the translation of a Clallam word.
Officials said the new moniker is a traditional place name for the passage, which was a significant travel route for S’Klallam and Chemacum peoples in the 18th and 19th centuries before being blocked by a causeway for roughly 100 years.
The passage was reopened in 2019, reconnecting Kilisut Harbor with Oak Bay to its south.
The committee approved five new names for places, including new names submitted by tribes for three places that previously bore a term derogatory to Native American women, during its meeting May 1.
The other places named include an official name for a ditch in Thurston County, and proposals from tribes for new names for a ridge in Okanogan County and lakes in Kittitas and Chelan counties.
Now that the Washington State Committee on Geographic Names has given its approval to the new names, the proposals will be presented to the Board of Natural Resources for adoption.
The proposals from tribes came in the wake of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s orders in November 2021 to rename geographic features throughout the country that have derogatory names.
