Skagit

The Skagit River runs from the Cascades toward the island-filled waters of Puget Sound. Along its valley and the neighboring coast, Salish communities lived in winter villages and moved to seasonal camps to harvest salmon, shellfish, berries, and game. Cedar supplied the material for houses and canoes. In 1824 Hudson's Bay Company trader John Work recorded Skagit villages while traveling through the channels near the river's mouth.