Bitter Lake | |
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Neighborhood | |
 Bitter Lake on a cloudy afternoon | |
| Etymology: Bitter Lake | |
 Bitter Lake | |
  Bitter Lake | |
| Coordinates: 47°43′34″N 122°21′04″W / 47.726°N 122.351°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| City | Seattle |
Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. It was a mostly natural forest of Douglas-fir and Western Redcedar, inhabited by Native Americans, until the late 19th century. Development especially picked up when the Seattle-to-Everett Interurban streetcar reached the lake in 1906. A sawmill operated in the area until 1913, when most of the trees had been cut down.