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Fenwick (fishing)
Fenwick is a brand name of Pure Fishing. Fenwick is named after Lake Fenwick in Kent, Washington where 5 Seattle businessmen founded the company in 1952. Fenwick was an early pioneer in the use of fiberglass blanks to create fishing rods that were corrosive resistant to salt water and that quickly replaced metal and traditional wood and bamboo fishing rods for their durability and ease of maintenance. Fenwick was purchased by Phil Clock and moved to Westminster, California Westminster is a city in northern Orange County, California, known for its many Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the city during the 1980s. They settled largely in Little Saigon, and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnames ... in 1968 and focused on the fishing rod needs of Bass fisherman. Fenwick was the first to market with an all graphite fishing rod in 1973. Both Fenwick's fiberglass and graphite fishing rods led fisherman to innovate new ways to fish using the unique material pr ...
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Lake Fenwick
Lake Fenwick is located in King County, Washington, United States, mostly within the city of Kent. The lake is known for its recreational opportunities including fishing and a large public park. The lake has suffered from poor water quality, algae, and infestation by aquatic weeds. Fenwick fishing rods are named after the lake. Lake description Lake Fenwick is long and narrow, with a north–south orientation. The lake has a watershed, lying almost entirely on its west side. While the lake is deep at its deepest point, it averages only deep. Water quality issues Lake Fenwick has suffered from issues with water quality. The lake has high nutrient concentrations, and is borderline eutrophic. Furthermore, the nitrogen to phosphorus ratio promotes the growth of cyanobacteria, which can cause toxins when present in algal blooms. In August 2018, water quality tests revealed high levels of algal toxins in the lake. This necessitated a closure of Lake Fenwick, and warnings at Lake Fen ...
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Kent, Washington
Kent is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area and had a population of 136,588 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest municipality in greater Seattle and the sixth-largest in Washington state. The city is connected to Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma via State Route 167 and Interstate 5, Sounder commuter rail, and commuter buses. Incorporated in 1890, Kent is the second-oldest incorporated city in King County, after Seattle. It is generally divided into three areas: West Hill (mixed residential and commercial along Interstate 5), Valley (primarily industrial and commercial with some medium-density residential; significant parkland along Green River), and East Hill (primarily residential with retail). History The Kent area was first permanently settled by European Americans in the 1850s along the banks of what was then the White River. The first settler was Samuel Russell, who sailed the Whi ...
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Westminster, California
Westminster is a city in northern Orange County, California, known for its many Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the city during the 1980s. They settled largely in Little Saigon, and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnamese with 36,058 Vietnamese Americans and at 40.2% (2010), the highest municipal prevalence of Vietnamese Americans. The Little Saigon is a district of the town. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957. Westminster is bordered by the city of Seal Beach on the west, by Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south. Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange County, is east of Westminster. Westminster won the All-America City Award in 1996. In the court case '' Mendez v. Westminster'' (1947), a Hispanic man sued the Westminster School District for forcing his daughter, Sylvia Mendez, to attend a school for Mexican chil ...
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