Foster Island (Washington)

Foster Island is an island in Seattle, Washington, USA's Union Bay. Bisected by State Route 520, it is part of the Washington Park Arboretum. There is a walking trail connecting Foster Island and the adjacent Marsh Island to mainland Seattle via a set of bridges and boardwalks.

See Foster Island (Ontario) for the island in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Foster Island

Geography
Location	Union Bay
Administration
United States
City	Seattle
Additional information
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

Foster Island was once the Duwamish burial ground, Stitici, where the dead were placed in boxes tied up in the branches of trees.^[1][2]