Just to be clear, the dam below isn’t what made the pond above. I did see a beaver once in the pond, one day when I was there late in the evening. The dam below is across a ditch that was left from building the dike which kept out salt water from the fields used by a dairy farm. That was back in the olden days before the dikes were breached to provide salt marsh as habitat for salmon.
When I lived in West Seattle, I lived across the street from Longfellow Creek. About the same time I moved in in the year 2000, the city rehabilitated the creek so that it could once again be a thriving salmon habitat. The PI even had a story about the restoration of the creek and the bridge that looks like a salmon skeleton About a year ago.
I used to walk along the creek trail, nearly every day, and watch the evolution of the creek from a newly restored habitat to one that had settled in and was thriving.
Beavers found the creek and built a dam overtime. Surprisingly, it did not suppress the natural flow of the creek, but just added to the beauty and character of it.
Dennis (my BF at the time) and I used to see salmon coming up stream whenever we would walk the 4 miles down to where it went underground to get to Elliott Bay and then back to the house. It was a joy to behold. Occasionally, we even saw the beavers!!
Nice story, Lynne, thanks for sharing.
The water is like a mirror. So beautiful!
It looks awesome.