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Lake Ballinger is a freshwater lake with a surface area of 103 acres in southern Snohomish County, Washington. It is bordered by the cities of Mountlake Terrace to the east and Edmonds to the west. It is fed by Hall Creek at its north end and its outflow is McAleer Creek at its east end, going on to feed Lake Washington. The lake was formerly called McAleer Lake after logger Hugh McAleer, who was the previous owner of the lake and surrounding lands. It received its present name in 1901 when it was purchased by Richard Achilles Ballinger, future United States Secretary of the Interior, who named it after his father, Richard Ballinger.〔("Ballinger Park Boat and Fishing Access" ). City of Mountlake Terrace. Retrieved 25 March 2014.〕 ==Description== Lake Ballinger is a natural lake formed by the melting of the Puget Sound lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. It is fed primarily by Hall Creek, but is also fed by groundwater flowing from nearby Echo Lake as well as by surface runoff.〔("Lake Ballinger Fact Sheet" ). City of Mountlake Terrace. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2014.〕 It is just west of Interstate 5 in Mountlake Terrace and immediately north of the boundary between Snohomish and King Counties, three miles north of Seattle. Lying in the Puget Sound lowlands (around 2.7 miles east of Puget Sound itself), its surface elevation is 292 feet.〔("Lake Ballinger" ). ''Geographic Names Information System''. United States Geological Survey. 1 July 1993. Accessed 27 March 2014.〕 Lake Ballinger is wide and oval-shaped, oriented north to south, with a fairly straight western bank and a wide protrusion in its southeastern portion where it drains into McAleer Creek. The lake is 0.58 miles long and 0.37 miles across at its widest, covering 107 acres including the island, the actual water surface area being approximately 103 acres. Its lowest depth is 35 feet.〔 Near the center of the lake is Edmount Island, a three-acre peat island. The site of houses at two separate times in the past, today it is part of Mountlake Terrace's Ballinger Park.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Ballinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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