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Shilshole Bay Marina is a 1400-slip [1] saltwater marina in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, operated by the Port of Seattle.The marina is protected by a 4,000-foot (1,200 m) breakwater, [1] features a roughly 1-mile (1.6 km) public promenade with view of the Olympic Mountains, and includes Leif Erikson Plaza, site of a 16-foot (4.9 m) [2] statue of the Viking Leif Erikson.
The lower portion of the park is divided between wetland marsh and beach (on Puget Sound), and situated north of the Shilshole Bay Marina. It also has dunes and large grassy areas. Golden Gardens has exceptional views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains across the sound. The water is very cold for swimming even in summers.
Shilshole Bay is the part of Puget Sound east of a line drawn northeasterly from Seattle's West Point in the southwest to its Golden Gardens Park in the northeast. On its shores lie Discovery Park , the Lawton Wood section of the Magnolia neighborhood, the neighborhood of Ballard , and Golden Gardens Park.
It was founded on the harbor of Elliott Bay, home to the Port of Seattle—in 2002, the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container traffic and the 46th busiest in the world. [2] [3] Seattle is divided in half by the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which connects Lake Washington to Puget Sound.
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