All Over the Map: Kellogg Island is a 19th-century time capsule

JUNE 7, 2019 AT 8:26 AM

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A circa 1900 map showing the old salt marsh, part of which became Kellogg Island in the Duwamish River. (USGS)

It’s no exaggeration to say that Kellogg Island is my favorite place in all of Seattle.

I’ve never set foot on it, but I circled it once in a boat (thanks to the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance), and I try to spot it from above whenever I fly in and out of Sea-Tac.

Kellogg Island is in the Duwamish River, just east of the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 107 Park. This is just off of West Marginal Way, between Puget Way SW and SW Alaska Street, not far from the City of Seattle’s Herring’s House Park, and across the street from the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center.