194 GUIDEBOOK OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. 
The most important natural feature at Seattle is the wonderful 
harbor, with deep water at the very door of the city. The depth of 
water is shown on the small map on sheet 27. Other 
features of interest are the steep water front and the 
way in which it has been modified and shaped for the 
use of man, and Lake Washington, which bounds the 
city on the east and is soon to be thrown open to the 
commerce of the world by the construction of a ship canal from 
Salmon Bay through Like Union and across the narrow neck of land 
south of the State University. This will greatly increase the harbor 
facilities, and the fresh water of the lake will afford an efficient 
means of freeing ocean-going vessels of barnacles. 
The State University is beautifully situated on the shore of Lake 
Washington, and its campus was utilized for the site of the Alaska- 
Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The city is well supplied with 
parks and connecting-boulevards, and one of the finest views about 
the city is that of Mount Rainier! from the boulevard that follows 
Seattle. 
Elevation 24 feet. ~ 
arene 237,194, 
St. Paul 1,904 miles 
the shore of Lake Washington. 
* Of all the mountain masses and rugged 
snow peaks in the region described in this 
book, none will compare with the beauti- 
ful majestic cone of Mount Rainier (Pl. 
Pacific slope. There may be other snow- 
clad peaks that seem to pierce the sky, 
such as ada Baker, and St. Helens, 
but these are dwarfed beside the mighty 
symmetrical cone of Rainier. 
Mount Rainier (14, 408 feet) is of about 
the same height as es Peak, in Colo- 
rado (14,108 feet), or Mount Whitney, in 
California (14,502 feet), but it is superior 
in beauty to Ana for it is not only a 
symme ne but it can be seen from 
sea level mre ‘a close range, so that it 
stands out in all its massive grandeur. 
Mount Rainier when it comes into view 
from Tacoma, Seattle, or any other point 
along the winding channels of Puget 
Sound or from Lake Was , reveals 
oo as there are no other peaks 
to t the view or to detract from its 
st 
better known by his Spanish sobriquet 
Juan ae Fuca, claimed to have discov- 
ered t. in entrance to the Sound 
about 1660, but grave doubt has been 
cast upon his narrative and many believe 
that his account was pure fiction. The 
first reliable account of the Sound was 
written by Capt. George Mongetis of 
the British Royal Navy, who in 
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region, including Mount Rainier. 
It is said that the original Indian name 
was Tacoma or Tahoma, me “bi 
show mountain,” but Vanecaver disre- 
garded or did not know of the Indian 
usage and named the peak after Rear 
Admiral miral Rainier, of the British Navy. 
even though usage has given it great 
tere and the aboriginal name Tacoma 
Rian. the high peaks of the Cas- 
cade attracted the attention of everyone 
of mountain climbing was the ascent of 
Mount St. Helens in 1853. Duriag 
