Lake Bellevue, also called Lake Sturtevant,
[ is a small ]lake
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inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as a s ...
. Along with Phantom Lake and Larsen Lake, it is one of three small lakes inside the city, which also borders Lake Washington
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It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, ...
and Lake Sammamish
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. , a tributary of Kelsey Creek, has its origin at Lake Bellevue and contains Chinook (an endangered species), Sockeye
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and Coho
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salmon.impervious surface
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(roads and parking lots).[
The lake is named for settler , a United States Civil War veteran who homesteaded there in 1872.]Northern Pacific Railroad
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passing near the lake were laid in 1904.East Link Extension
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light rail. The Wilburton station, under construction in 2017, will be near the west side of the lake. The Spring District
The Spring District is a transit-oriented development and neighborhood that is under construction in Bellevue, Washington. The 16-block, development is centered around the Spring District/120th station on the East Link Extension, a light rail l ...
development and its separate light rail station
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about one half mile (one kilometer) away will be near the northeastern shore of the lake.
See also
*, a lake an in the adjacent city of Kirkland, with similar surface area and geology, also homesteaded by a Civil War veteran
References
External links
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Lakes of King County, Washington
Geography of Bellevue, Washington
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