Totem Lake is a lake in the

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, located in

Kirkland, Washington Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census which made it the sixth largest city in the county and the twelfth largest in the state. The city's downto ...

, a suburb east of

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, at the head of a branch of Juanita Creek, inside the Juanita Creek Basin. A Kirkland neighborhood and retail/residential development are named for the lake. A park completely surrounds the lake, bordered by the

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linear park and trail. The lake has had other names including Lake Wittenmyer, Lake Watstine, Mudd Lake, and an original Native American name which has been lost.

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Geography of Kirkland, Washington Lakes of King County, Washington Kettle lakes in the United States {{KingCountyWA-geo-stub