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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 (/ p juː ˈ æ l ə p / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is on the Puyallup River about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. The city had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. [6]
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
North of the lake, the White River flows through the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation. Below that, to the west of Lake Tapps, the White River enters a broad floodplain and flows past the city of Pacific before emptying into the Puyallup River at Sumner. Lake Tapps is a reservoir created in 1911 for hydroelectric purposes.
This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington.Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs.
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.
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]