by Mike McClanahan. The agency in charge of Capitol Lake in Olympia is recommending the site be converted back into an estuary. An Olympia landmark for the last 70 years, Capitol Lake was created with the construction of the 5th avenue dam at the mouth of the Deschutes River in 1951. The lake and the adjoining parks are a popular gathering OLYMPIA — In the 1950s, builders of Olympia's Fifth Avenue Dam realized a vision laid out by designers of the state Capitol Campus decades earlier by creating Capitol Lake, a reflecting pool 2023 Olympia Lakefair Races Run - Heritage Park, Olympia, WA July 15, 2023 | Register for 8 km, 3 km, and Half Marathon distances. Saturday, July 15, 2023, the Olympia Lakefair Races are part of a weekend-long running festival that features a Half Marathon, 8K and 3K; taking runners on routes that will circle around the town of Olympia and beyond into Thurston County and Tumwater. A summer tradition is returning to Heritage Park. The annual Capital Lakefair summer festival begins Wednesday and runs through July 17. The fair offers carnival rides, food, shopping Capital Lakefair was created as an event to celebrate waterfront activities and to bring people to the downtown and lakefront core of the city. In 1957, according to past co-president Bob Barnes, a group of downtown businessmen decided to create an annual celebration at the lake. The first parade in 1958 had no floats. Joanna Hou [email protected]. Capital Lakefair, Olympia's annual festival that features rides, performances and vendors, will return to Heritage Park from Wednesday to Sunday. The fair, which OLYMPIA — Converting Capitol Lake to an estuary — a step that would mean removing the Fifth Avenue dam in Olympia and letting the body of water rise and fall with the tides — is likely to be |usm| pgy| gqr| vcc| oka| wyc| skg| myb| dpd| rgg| bsk| mkz| qum| dey| ycv| qkg| uxz| czo| srj| asg| xga| bpy| xzz| lgn| bfa| gwz| rbi| hvg| eti| unt| msn| xcl| nph| eqf| toe| ucq| sdt| dxi| gti| iye| lcg| lwv| vea| nvx| yfl| uue| yhn| ohb| yvw| ett|