[1] Located at Snee Oosh, less than four miles (6.4 km) northwest of the town of La Conner in Skagit County, Washington, Kiket is connected to Fidalgo Island by a tombolo called sdᶻalgʷiɬ, over which runs an access road.

Ecological studies were made in the last decades of the twentieth century, when the site was considered for a nuclear power plant.

In 1969, Seattle City Light and Snohomish County PUD considered building a $250 million 1,100 MW nuclear power plant on the island.

On June 23, 2010, a joint ownership agreement was signed by the state Parks and Recreation Commission and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.

The partners and The Trust for Public Land gathered grants and donations from a range of sources to purchase the $14 million property.