__NOTOC__ Lake Cunningham is an

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in Lake Cunningham Park, in

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, near the Eastridge Mall and

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. It is not a geological feature recognized in the

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(GNIS). It is located on Capitol Expressway and stands next to

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. The Lake Cunningham Skate Park and

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theme park are also in Lake Cunningham Park. The Lake Cunningham–Eastridge Mall area was one of Santa Clara Valley's three permanent wetland complexes called "lagunas". The area was called Laguna Socayre (or Secayre) during the initial Euro-American settlement (1769–1850), and was part of the

Rancho Yerba Buena Rancho Yerba Buena or Rancho Socayre was a Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Antonio Chaboya (also spelled Chavoya or Chabolla). The grant was between Coyote Creek on the ...

or Rancho Socayre land grant of 1833. Laguna Socayre covered a much larger area than Lake Cunningham Park does now. Due to intense urbanization in the surrounding hill areas, the storm water that historically exited the canyons and percolated through the gravel below ground was channeled into pipes below the streets to Thompson Creek and Lake Cunningham. This has led to an increase in runoff during the winter storms. The lake and park are named after James Farnham Cunningham who owned the land before the city acquired it for

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Lake Cunningham Regional Park
at City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services Geography of San Jose, California

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