Using sonar and underwater robotics, a Seattle team is documenting Lake Union’s wrecks before the city’s maritime past fades ...

The beam of a scuba diver’s flashlight cuts through murky water, illuminating sediment that resembles an ash storm at night, until the glow catches on something white. It’s the hull of a World War II ...

Smack dab in the middle of Seattle is a freshwater lake known as Lake Union. The South Lake Union neighborhood has lived multiple lives: It was originally home to the Duwamish Indigenous people but ...

PADDLERS, FLOATING PICNICKERS and apprentice pirates, please take note: Even inside the cozy-crazy confines of Seattle’s Lake Union, normal rules of maritime passage apply. Sort of. By that we mean: ...

1992: Committee forms to promote proposed Seattle Commons, a big park along the Westlake corridor in South Lake Union. Allen loans committee $20 million to start buying land. 1996: Seattle voters ...

Lake Union has witnessed many transformations as Seattle’s population and industries have evolved. Founded by the Duwamish, the land was cherished and preserved in its natural state for centuries, ...

SEATTLE -- New buoys mark the flight pattern for seaplanes landing on Lake Union in Seattle. This is a pilot project that’s been years in the making. Seaplane pilots have long asked for this, but ...

Major find confirmed: Phil Parisi’s team verified about 20 shipwrecks in Lake Union after investigating roughly 25 sonar targets with an ROV. Preserving maritime history: The project aims to document ...

SEATTLE — The bustle on a summer day on Lake Union is a beehive of boats, paddleboarders and seaplanes coming and going, but keeping them from tangling up is mostly left up to boaters and pilots ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on May 9, 2019 at 8:00 am May 9, 2019 at 12:55 pm ...

SEATTLE — A man under distress was pulled from Lake Union Sunday afternoon by a team of rescue swimmers. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) said in a social media post on X just after 2 p.m. that crews ...