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Bear Creek (Washington)
Bear Creek is a tributary of the Sammamish River in King County, Washington, United States. The stream flows approximately from its source at Paradise Lake near Maltby to a confluence with the Sammamish River at Marymoor Park Marymoor Park, located on the north end of Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington, is King County's largest, oldest, and most popular park, with more than 3 million annual visitors coming to roam its . Among recreational activities available are ... in Redmond. The creek has two tributaries, Cottage Lake Creek and Evans Creek, and a watershed of . The Marymoor Prehistoric Indian Site in Redmond shows human occupation in the vicinity of the creek with artifacts on its banks dating to 4,000 BCE. References Redmond, Washington Rivers of King County, Washington {{Washington-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Lake (Washington)
Paradise Lake is a small freshwater lake in the north of King County, Washington, USA, located two miles east of Woodinville, Washington, Woodinville. The lake has no public access boat launch. It feeds into Bear Creek (Washington), Bear Creek, which flows towards the Sammamish River at Redmond, Washington, Redmond. Fish in the lake include cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and sockeye salmon as well as rock bass, pumpkinseed, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. A fishing license is required. The lake was formerly used to raise non-native bullfrogs (''Rana catesbeiana'') for the restaurant industry, and a high population of bullfrogs remains. The lake is also home to a very rare species of mollusk, ''Valvata, Valvata mergella'', collected by W. J. Eyerdam in 1941, B. R. Bales in 1958, and T. J. Frest and E. J. Johannes in 1995. Water quality in the lake was classified as eutrophic by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |