Seward Park Old Hatchery Trail
5.0 (1)park
5.0 (1)A walk through old-growth woods leading past the stone bridge and rearing ponds of a 1930s fish hatchery.
Description
Built in 1935 under the Washington Emergency Relief Act to stock Lake Washington, the site originally operated twenty rearing ponds. After production ended in 1978, the University of Washington Department of Fisheries used the grounds as an educational research lab until 1997. Today, the trailside artifacts include five historical ponds, a pumphouse, and a stone bridge over a dry waterfall.