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The Montlake Cut, part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, connects the lake to Lake Union and ultimately Puget Sound. Concrete floating bridges are employed to span the lake because Lake Washington's depth and muddy bottom prevented the emplacement of the pilings or towers necessary for the construction of a causeway or suspension bridge. The ...
Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Portage Bay from Montlake Cut): Primary outflows: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Fremont Cut to Salmon Bay): Catchment area: 571 square miles (1,480 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 580 acres (2.3 km 2) [2]: Average depth: 34 feet (10 m) [2]: Max. depth: 50 feet (15 m) [2 ...
This resulted in great upset and lawsuits over the lowering of Lake Washington that would result from the excavation of the cut. On October 26, 1910, Kutz sent his assistant to set off dynamite at the head of the cut, forcing Lake Washington to be lowered. Montlake Cut under construction in 1914. The Montlake Cut's original name was Erickson Cut.
Kitsap Lake is a lake in Kitsap County, Washington. The lake is near the exact center of the Kitsap Peninsula, roughly between the Dyes Inlet in the Puget Sound and the Blue Hills peak range. It is located on the edge of the Bremerton, Washington city limits. [1] Kitsap Lake is 238 acres in area. It is shallow, reaching only 27 feet deep at its ...
Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. ... Palmer Lake. Lake Quinault. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download ...
Portage Bay is a body of water, often thought of as the eastern arm of Lake Union, that forms a part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington.. To the east, Portage Bay is connected with Union Bay—a part of Lake Washington—by the Montlake Cut, over which spans the Montlake Bridge carrying State Route 513.
With an official maximum depth of 624 feet (190 m), it is officially the second deepest lake in the state of Washington (after Lake Chelan). A lake-wide bathymetric survey was performed from 2013 to 2014 by Eian Ray and Jeff Engea and the results of this survey show the maximum depth as being 596 feet (182 m).
Keechelus Lake (/ ˈ k ɛ tʃ əl ə s /) is a lake and reservoir in the northwest United States, near Hyak in Kittitas County, Washington. Approximately fifty miles (80 km) southeast of Seattle and a few miles southeast of Snoqualmie Pass , it is the source of the Yakima River .