Thornton Creek

Thornton Creek is a stream that flows over 17 miles from Shoreline, Washington, USA through the Northgate and Lake City neighborhoods of Seattle. It flows through the Meadowbrook and Matthews Beach neighborhoods and then empties into Lake Washington at Matthews Beach Park.

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Stream - Shoreline, Washington - USA - Northgate - Lake City - Neighborhood - Seattle - Meadowbrook - Matthews Beach - Lake Washington

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The creek flows through the Meadowbrook Pond. The pond is visited by migratory birds and an occasional transient beaver. Early in the 1900's the creek was a spawning ground for salmon including the endangered Chinook salmon. However the areas surrounding the creek were developed without regard for the importance of maintaining a riparian corridor and it has now become an urban watershed. For many years part of the stream has run through a culvert in the Northgate neighborhood and the City of Seattle has decided to "daylight" these areas again.

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Beaver - Chinook salmon - Riparian - Culvert

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