Lake Washington steamboats and ferries Lake Washington steamboats and ferries Lake Washington steamboats and ferries operated from about 1875 to 1951, transporting passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Washington, a large lake to the east of Seattle, Washington. Before modern highways and bridges were built, the only means of crossing the lake, other than the traditional canoe, was by steamboat, and, later, by ferry. While there was no easily navigable connection to Puget Sound, the Lake Washington Ship Canal now connects Lake Washington to Lake Union, and from there Puget Sound is reached by way of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. In the 1870s the
Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids as Skagit Rapids, and were based in the city of Mount Vernon, Washington, after which they became part of the larger Puget Sound Soccer Academy organisation. Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids Puget Sound Soccer Academy Rapids (more commonly known as PSSA Rapids) was an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), a recognized Division IV league in the American Soccer Pyramid which features teams from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America, until 2009. The team played its home matches in the stadium