Lake Ballinger

city park

Ballinger Park

discovery of island

The island in the lake [Ballinger] was said to have been discovered by Ira Bartholomew in 1890 who built a homestead on the island with his wife, Julia.

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eponym

He [Richard Achilles Ballinger] purchased the property in 1901 and named it after his father (Richard Henry Ballinger) who was a Civil War Veteran.

hiking

Lake Ballinger Park (wta.gov) Ballinger Park itself is 42 acres, a beautiful green space established after a golf course in the area closed in 2012. As a passive-use park, the space has not been developed with a set trail system, but three access gates for people recreating on foot are available. One is near the boat launch, one near the clubhouse, and the last on the park’s west boundary.

history

Judge Richard A. Ballinger purchased Lake McAleer in 1901 and renamed it to Lake Ballinger for his father, later leaving the area to become Seattle mayor.

lake of

lumber company

namesake

Ballinger Park

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/147281

original name

The lake [Ballinger] was originally called Lake McAleer after Hugh McAleer, a logger who owned much of the land around the lake.

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western film

shoreline

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tags

lake

tributary

Hall’s Creek

tributary of

McAleer Creek

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16998984

Wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lake_Ballinger

Wikipedia

Lake Ballinger (Wikipedia) Lake Ballinger is a freshwater lake with a surface area of 103 acres in southern Snohomish County, Washington. It is bordered by the cities of Mountlake Terrace to the east and Edmonds to the west. It is fed by Hall Creek at its north end and its outflow is McAleer Creek at its east end, going on to feed Lake Washington.