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Leschi Park

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and a small lawn with benches. To its south is the southern portion of Leschi Moorage, separated from the northern portion by a parking lot in the E. Yesler Way right-of-way, private docks, and an office/restaurant complex.
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tribe. The majority of the park is a grassy hillside that lies west of Lakeside Avenue S. and features tennis courts, picnic tables, and a playground. Across Lakeside Avenue to the east is the western shore of
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Leschi Park, 1911, showing steamboat at dock and relationship between the steamboat dock and other marine structures at the park.
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that operated from September 27, 1888, to August 10, 1940, terminated here. As with
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to the north, there was a cross-lake ferry run from Leschi Park to the
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From about 1890 to about 1910, Leschi Park was an important stop for
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Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
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Urban Park
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates
47°36′04″N 122°17′13″W / 47.60111°N 122.28694°W / 47.60111; -122.28694
Seattle Parks and Recreation


Leschi
Seattle
Washington
Chief Leschi
Nisqually
Lake Washington
Pioneer Square
Madison Park
Eastside
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
zoo
Woodland Park
Frink Park
Duwamish
Lushootseed

steamboats which ran on Lake Washington.
ISBN
978-0-295-98700-2
Parks Department page on Leschi Park
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