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'''Bailey Peninsula''' is a 300 acre (1.2 km²), forested [[peninsula]] that juts into [[Lake Washington]] from south [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], [[USA]]. It is entirely occupied by [[Seward Park (Seattle)|Seward Park]]. The [[Duwamish tribe|Duwamish]] called the peninsula "Noses" ([[Lushootseed]]: squbáqst). Before the completion of the [[Lake Washington Ship Canal]] in 1916 lowered the level of Lake Washington, Bailey Peninsula was an island with points, or "noses", at the north and south ends.<ref>{{cite book |last= Thrush |first= Coll |title= Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place |year= 2007 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 0-295-98700-6 |page= 247}}</ref>

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[[Category:Geography of Seattle, Washington]]
[[Category:Peninsulas of Washington (U.S. state)]]