Fox Island Cemetery

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Tanglewood Island

Islet

Photo: Kris, CC BY 2.0.

Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington. It was originally called Grave Island and was sacred to the Nisqually Indians, who for decades practiced tree burials by placing their honored dead in dugout canoes high in the fir trees.

Fox Island School

Building

Photo: Hedwig in Washington, CC BY 3.0.

The Fox Island School is a former public school in Fox Island, Washington. On 15. July 1987 the National Register of Historic Places listed the building under the reference number 87001167 as a historic building. Fox Island School is situated 3,900 feet east of Fox Island Cemetery.

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Fox Island

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.

University Place

Town

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University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 5 miles east of Fox Island Cemetery.

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