Cors Island

Cors Island is an island in Pierce, Washington. Cors Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Tillicum, as well as near Hillside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madigan Army Medical Center and Thornewood.

Madigan Army Medical Center

Hospital

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The Madigan Army Medical Center, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside Lakewood, Washington, is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the United States.

Thornewood

Guest house

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Thornewood is an English Gothic estate in what is now Lakewood, Washington. It consists of three buildings, including Thornewood Castle. Each building is privately owned by different parties and include the great hall or "castle", the former garage or carriage house, and the former lodge house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Lewis and DuPont.

Fort Lewis

Town

Photo: Squelle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord.

DuPont

Town

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

DuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,151 at the 2020 census. Originally a company town, the city is named after the DuPont chemical company which operated an explosives manufacturing plant in the area from 1909 to 1975. DuPont is situated 3½ miles southwest of Cors Island.

Steilacoom

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Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.

Cors Island

Type: Island
Description: island in American Lake in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Categories: lake island and landform
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.11954° or 47° 7′ 10″ north

Longitude

-122.5729° or 122° 34′ 22″ west

Elevation

233 feet (71 metres)

Open location code

84VV4C9G+RR

GeoNames ID

5790960

Wikidata ID

Q30744141

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Cors Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Cors Island”
French: “île Cors”
French: “Île Cors”

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Localities in the Area

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