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Place Name
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Skagit County
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Pronunciation
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SKA-jit
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Mount Vernon
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Population
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79,555 (1990)
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Location
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Washington, United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°29'N
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Longitude
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121°47'W
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Skagit
(SKA-jit), county (
1,920 sq mi/4,973 sq km; 1990
pop. 79,555), NW Wash.;  Mount Vernon; 48°29'N 121°47'W.
Bounded W by Rosario Strait, SW by Skagit Bay (Puget Sound); E by crest
of Cascade Range. Drained by Skagit, Sark, Baker, Cascade, and South
Fork Nooksack rivers. Swinomish Indian Reservation in W; parts of Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie Natl. Forest in E, S, and N. Berries, peas, carrots,
potatoes, wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa, hay, tulips; dairying; fish,
oysters; cattle, poultry. Lower Baker Dam, forms Shannon L., and Upper
Baker Dam (on co. line, forms Baker L.) both on Baker R. in N center.
Rockport State Park in E; parts of North Cascade Natl. Park and part of
Ross L. Natl. Recreation Area (in Skagit R.) in NE. W part of co.
includes Fidalgo Isl., with city of Anacortes, connected to mainland by
bridges. Bay View State Park in W; Saddlebag Isl. State Park, in
Padilla Bay, Skagit Isl. and Hope Isl. state parks, in Skagit Bay, all
in W. Formed 1883.
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