The bodies of water that surround the Manette Peninsula are all part of the Puget Sound complex of inland sea waterways.
[3] Archeological evidence found on the Manette Peninsula suggests at least two, distinct periods of human settlement prior to the historic record.
The Indian Fort at Point Herron was used to defend the entry to the Port Washington Narrows from annual raids by northern coastal tribes from the areas now in Canada and Alaska (see also Haida).
[4] The first permanent settlement of the westward expansion on the Manette Peninsula was a company town at a saw mill and dock built on a land claim staked out by William Renton on March 26, 1854 at Enetai Point.
Then a company ship was hijacked to Victoria, British Columbia, and a federal judge's wife was thrown overboard to quiet her shrieking protestations.
[6] Other settlements around the Manette Peninsula built ports of call for the maritime transportation network of the Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet.