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The divide between the future north-flowing rivers and the Nisqually was Lake Kapowsin at 595 feet (181 m) above sea level. From Lake Kapowsin, the valley of Ohop Creek, through Ohop Lake to the Nisqually. [1] The pass between the Puyallup River and Lake Kapowsin is 500 feet (150 m) wide and 340 feet (100 m) deep.
Lake Tacoma is the name given the freshwater lake in the basin of the Puyallup River and the Green River (Duwamish River) at the point in time that the Vashon Glacier had receded northward into Commencement Bay. Prior to this, it was referred to as the Lake Puyallup. The bluff on which this city is built is used as the landmark where Lake ...
Puyallup station, a Sounder commuter rail station; Washington State Fair, formerly the Puyallup Fair; Puyallup River, a river in the U.S. state of Washington; Lake Puyallup, developed along the south edge of the Puget Sound Glacier; Puyallup Glacier, a glacier on the west flank of Mount Rainier in Washington; MV Puyallup, a Washington State ferry
The Puyallup River's portion consisted of small section of lateral meltwater channel between Lake Kapowsin and Orting, a primary subglacial channel running north from Orting through the Duwamish Valley to Lake Washington, and a channel fork which split off at Sumner to follow a tectonic fault associated with the Tacoma Fault Zone. [8]
The glacier returned southward, then on its final retreat northward, the waters filing this basin are referred to as Lake Nisqually. Its discharge was across the Black Lake channel at 160 feet (49 m) above sea level. [1] Two deltas formed along the eastern margin of the lake from the outflow of Lake Tacoma in the Puyallup River valley. Both the ...
Lake Nisqually preceded Lake Russell and waters, west of Tacoma, including the Narrows. Lake Puyallup was on the middle and upper Puyallup River and preceded Lake Tacoma. Glacial Lake Russell drained south from present-day Puget Sound in Washington.
This contrasts with the South Hill area on the opposite side of the Puyallup River valley. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.55 square miles (6.60 km 2 ), of which 2.51 square miles (6.50 km 2 ) are land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2 ) are water.
Bradley Lake Park is a public park located in Puyallup, Washington. The park was developed and opened shortly after being acquired by the city via voter approved bond in 1997. Bradley Lake Park consists of 59-acres park site, including a 12-acre lake.