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University of Washington Publication Services (Revised September 1991). "The University of Washington Campus & Vicinity" map. Compiled, designed, drafted in cooperation between Physical Plant and the Department of Geography, August 1971, revised Sherman (August 1991). Seattle: University of
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line along the original shoreline of Union Bay past the UW power plant and University Village. Construction was completed in 2006 on a project that reconnects partially daylighted Ravenna Creek to Union Bay by piping it underground to the canal, thus converting the upper reach from a relatively
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The UBNA is owned by the State of Washington and held under the aegis of the University of Washington; access is controlled. Parts of the Area are open during park hours, access to other portions is discouraged, some portions seasonally, for habitat or species protection.
211:, is the restored remainder of the filled former Union Bay and Union Bay Marsh. It is located at the east end of the main University of Washington campus, south of NE 45th Street and west of 305:. Most of the land has been built upon by University Village (1956), UW athletic fields, buildings, and main parking lot E; the remainder comprises the UBNA, colloquially called "the fill". 277:. The interfaces among these make the area particularly attractive for birdwatching, with more than 150 species of birds sighted. The canal or slough was part of a restoration of the 1090: 1381: 269:, and eagles); turtles and frogs may be seen. The UBNA is notable for diverse habitats including a good-sized lake, small permanent ponds, seasonal ponds, woods, sample 227:. Drainage Canal is one of three or four areas of open water connected with Lake Washington around Union Bay Marsh. The canal extends from NE 45th Street, between the 1030:
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Sources for this atlas and the neighborhood names used in it include a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the Department of Community Development (relocated to the
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baseball grandstand (northeast of the IMA Building). The Drainage Canal that carries Ravenna Creek past UBNA to Union Bay is locally sometimes called University
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Dolan, Maria & True, Kathryn (2003). "Reclaiming Paradise: Union Bay Natural Area" and "Northeast Seattle: Lakes, Ponds, Springs, and Wetlands", in
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flowed into marshland north of where the canal now begins, and the land through which the canal would be cut lay under the waters of Union Bay. The
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from southeast Ravenna Park to the UW and the UBNA has been blocked by the owners of University Village
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The UW identifies the body, entirely on its campus, as Drainage Canal since 1970 or earlier.
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from 1911 to 1966. It was fully closed five years later and overlaid with two feet of clean
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Many restoration projects take place at UBNA. Removal of invasive species, such as
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stagnant drainage to the outlet for one of Seattle's partially restored urban
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called Union Bay Marsh that had been drained by the opening of the
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and IMA Sports Field 1, south to the bay, ending southeast of the
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Restored remainder of the former Union Bay and Union Bay Marsh
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Map showing the location of Union Bay Natural Area
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47°39′21″N 122°17′38″W / 47.65583°N 122.29389°W / 47.65583; -122.29389
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Union Bay
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