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The park was purchased by the Kiwanis Club in the 1950s and donated to Seattle Parks Department. In 2010, the park was named as the first wildlife sanctuary in Seattle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The park was formerly home to the largest nesting colony of great blue herons in the northwest .
The inscription on the gateway to Cowen Park states, "In memory of Charles Cowen, who in 1906 gave to the City of Seattle the twelve acres comprising this park." Cowen (actual surname Cohen, changed upon his arrival to America) was an English native who came from a family of South African diamond merchants.
The Cadillac Hotel (built 1890) at 319 Second Avenue South was a major point of outfitting and departure during the gold rush stampede. Severely damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, it was rehabilitated in 2004–2005 as home to the interpretive center and museum for the Seattle unit of the park, and was opened and dedicated on June 26, 2006.
Recently, I planned a trip to Vashon Island, one of the largest islands in the Puget Sound, just south of Seattle. To get there, I booked a 20-minute ferry ride from Seattle on the Washington ...
Mariner Camp is located on the east side of the island, near Islander Camp, and is used by the Mariner Teen Expedition, a sailing trip for teenagers. Satellite Island commemorates the ship (HMS Satellite ) captained by the British naval officer James Charles Prevost , who was stationed at Vancouver Island from 1857 to 1860.
Seward Park is a municipal park in Seattle, Washington, United States.Located in the city neighborhood of the same name, it covers 300 acres (120 ha; 0.47 sq mi).The park occupies all of Bailey Peninsula (Lushootseed: sqəbəqsəd), [1] a forested peninsula that juts into Lake Washington.
A separate camp for Cub Scouts was developed on the property in 1937 and named Camp Meany in honor of the late Professor Edmund Meany, first Scout commissioner for Seattle. This camp was merged into Camp Parsons in 1941 and that camp's dining hall served as the dining hall for Camp Parsons until the summer 2014 after which it was razed and a ...
Lincoln Park is a 135 acres (0.55 km 2) park in West Seattle alongside Puget Sound.The park's attractions include forest trails, a paved walkway along the beach, athletic fields, picnic shelters, and a heated saltwater swimming pool which is open during the summer.