Ketron Island is an island in southern Puget Sound in Pierce County in the state of Washington, USA. It lies between the mainland near the city of Steilacoom and Anderson Island near the extreme south end of Puget Sound. The island has a land area of 0.893 km² (220.67 acres) and had a population of 24 persons as of the 2000 census.
Ketron Island was named by Charles Wilkes, but misspelled by his cartographers, during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor William Kittson, who supervised the construction of Fort Nisqually for the Hudson's Bay Company.[1]
Accessible only by ferry, the Steilacoom / Anderson Island / Ketron Island run is the only run belonging to Pierce County.[2] The ferry "Steilacoom II" was put into service in January 2007 to work side by side with the aging ferry "Christine Anderson". The ferry runs many times per day starting at 5:45 in the morning to 10:30 pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (8:00 pm other nights). However, the Steilacoom II was pulled from service in November 2007, and rented to the Washington State Ferries to operate on the Keystone-Pt. Townsend run, after the Steel Electric Class ferries were decommissioned over safety concerns. This action left Anderson Island and Ketron Island with only one ferry, the Christine Anderson. Ferry service to Ketron is only available four times per day.
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