Native History

Native Place Names

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Welcome to Lake Union or “Little Water = ha-ah-chu”

Explore the history of the lake through the words of the Duwamish tribe or ha-ah-chu AHBSH which means “People of the Littlest Lake.”

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People of the Little Water

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Imagine...

Steep forested hillsides slope to a wild, driftwood-littered beach. Cougar tracks lead to the lake, you follow them to a mound of sticks and reeds - a beaver lodge. Listen. A fish jumps. A loon chuckles.

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