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When choosing my approach to studying my area of inquiry, I could’ve researched the politics and science behind the dam. There is currently a discussion between government entities and corporations of either keeping Capitol...
The time before the Capitol Lake Dam pre-1951 pre-1845: Prior to settlers, Natives of the Nisqually and Squaxin tribes lived along the Deschutes River in the area that they called Tum-wa-ta meaning strong water....
The path around Capitol Lake is either 1.5 or 1.7 miles long depending on if you take the inside North basin shoreline trail and sidewalk loop or the outside Heritage Park perimeter road and...
NO FISHING 2016 Season!!! Salmon can be observed from the Capitol Lake Dam during their annual return to the local rivers for breeding season. Washington State has implemented ways of protecting wild fish populations...
Olympia’s Capitol Building currently sits around 120ft above sea level. However, the lake that was created to reflect the Capitol Building, the dam that creates the lake, and the park around the lake are...
Many birds were taking off and landing at Capitol Lake. I could hear the mallards quacking out right of way pleas and the seagulls complaining back, squawking that they were first in line. The flight/landing patterns...
Again, I can’t help but have my attention drawn to the Capitol Building even though I am here for the dam. Without the Capitol Lake Dam, there’d be no Capitol Lake and no Capitol...
I started my trip to Capitol Lake Dam around 6:30 P.M. It was 82° F. in my area of Yelm. After leaving my housing community, I continue on Bald Hills Rd SE in to...
Heritage Park sits east of the Capitol Lake Dam. Along the North Basin Shoreline trail, a 2,500-foot-long pathway features the Arc of Statehood which commemorates each Washington county with a bronze county marker. I only noticed...
Whenever I journey to the Capitol Lake Dam, the Capitol Building is always catching my eye, its grand dome peeking over the conifers. The efforts of using the lake to highlight the Capitol Building...
