[4] The name "Cultus" (kʰəltəs in modern Grande Ronde orthography) means "worthless" in Chinook Jargon.
The dəgʷasx̌abš, a Snohomish subgroup, had their main village on the sand spit on the eastern side of the bay.
[7] Around 1855, a small stone wall was constructed around the village to keep the spit from being washed away.
[7] The Cultus Bay Estuary has been diked off, minimizing open tidal exchange.
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