Rattlesnake Lake

Rattlesnake Lake is a small lake south of North Bend. It use to be an even smaller lake before Seattle dammed the Cedar River. The smaller lake a small town named Moncton along the south shore. Unfortunately for Moncton, the area around Rattlesnake Lake is a glacial moraine. And to make matters worse the moraine leaked badly and to make matters even worse the pool behind damn caused the moraine to leak even more. By June 1915, the town was underwater and by winter it had been condemned. The city of Seattle paid the residents $47,000 in damages. So tonight two pictures of Rattlesnake Lake, one at high water and the second at low water.

Dan