Larsen Lake
Larsen Lake, also known as Blueberry Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington, east of Seattle. A blueberry farm surrounds the lake. Larsen Lake is the headwaters of Kelsey Creek. History Historically, Phantom Lake drained into Larsen Lake through the marshy, low-lying region between them. This watershed then drained into Kelsey Creek and Lake Washington. In the 1880s, settlers redirected the outflow of Phantom Lake into nearby Lake Sammamish through what is now Weowna Creek. This drained the area for agriculture. In 1987, some water was allowed to flow back through the original wetland to restore the habitat. The lake is named for Ove Peter and Mary Larsen, immigrants from Denmark who homesteaded the surrounding land in 1889. In 1913, the Aries brothers purchased the land from the Larsens and established a farm. The blueberry farm was created by Louis Weinzirl in 1944. Description Larsen Lake is located in the Lake Hills neighborhood of Bellevu ...
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Washington State
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, by the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is often referred to as Washington state to distinguish it from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Washington is the 18th-largest state, with an area of , and the 13th-most populous state, with more than 7.7 million people. The majority of Washington's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transpo ...
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