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Bitter Lake (Seattle)

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The lake is situated between Greenwood Avenue North to the west, Linden Avenue North to the east, North 137th Street to the north, and North 130th Street to the south. Bitter Lake drains through a piped outlet at its southeast end that eventually flows into
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The lake covers 19 acres (77,000 m), with a mean depth of 16 feet (4.9 m) and a maximum depth of 31 feet (9.4 m). Until 1913, a
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on the sides," as it was a place where people historically came to collect these plants. It was also a refuge site for the
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from logs dumped into the lake gave its water a bitter taste and the lake itself a name in English. In
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lake with its basin having been dug 15,000 years ago by the Puget Lobe of the
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when they experienced slave raids coming from the far north, in what is now
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Bitter Lake, Seattle
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Location of Bitter Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Bitter Lake in Washington, USA.
Seattle
Washington
47°43′36″N 122°21′08″W / 47.72667°N 122.35222°W / 47.72667; -122.35222 (Bitter Lake)
Basin
Lushootseed
lake
Seattle
Washington
USA
sawmill
Tannic acid
Lushootseed
blackcaps
Shilshole people
Alaska
British Columbia
glacial
Cordilleran Ice Sheet
Lake Washington
Union
Green
Haller Lakes
Everett
Interurban streetcar
Bitter Lake neighborhood
Lake Union

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