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Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is an amusement park and water park in Federal Way, Washington.Opened in 1977 as The Enchanted Village (with its accompanying water park, Wild Waves, opening in 1984), [1] the park is a popular summer destination in the Pacific Northwest.
The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center is an aquatic facility in Federal Way, Washington constructed for the 1990 Goodwill Games. It has hosted US Olympic Diving Team Trials in 2000 and 2012 , [ 2 ] NCAA championships, PAC-12 conference championships, USA Swimming Winter National championships and Speedo Junior National championships. [ 2 ]
The area was the only remaining open area in Federal Way. [4] The land was purchased by the City of Federal Way in December 1990. [6] The name "Celebration Park" was chosen in 1992 following a naming contest with 75 entries by local residents. [4] In September 2006, was used to host the Senior Softball World Championships. [1]
The first homesteaders moved to the Federal Way area in 1871. The lake was named for Arthur Steele, one of these early settlers. [1]In 2022, the city of Federal Way planned to develop the Steel Lake Annex, an 11-acre (4.5 ha) plot south of the main Steel Lake Park.
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, United States and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, [6] its population was 101,030 at the 2020 census. [4] Federal Way is the 10th most populous city in Washington and the 5th most populous in King County.
The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), also known as Board of Parks and Recreation or Park Board, is used by many government bodies to describe the parts of their organizations that oversee public parks and recreational public works.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area that encompasses the 130-mile (210 km) long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington, in eastern Washington state. The Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River in 1941 as part of the Columbia River Basin project.
Santafair was an amusement park located on the grounds of the old Federal Shopping Way shopping center in Federal Way, Washington that was active in the 1960s and 1970s.. It was a relatively small park, but had dozens of attractions (a 1963 promotional magazine listed 75 individual attractions, spread out in 14 themed areas).