The Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. About 45 miles (72 km) long, it originates in the Cascade Range and flows generally west and northwest, emptying into the southern end of Lake Washington. Its upper watershed is a protected area called the Cedar River Watershed, which provides drinking water for the greater Seattle area.
Cedar River in Downtown Renton in 2009
The scene at the mouth of the Cedar river where it flows into Lake Washington, as a plane comes in to land at the Renton Municipal Airport
Headworks intake and wing dam on the Cedar River, 1900, part of the Seattle water supply system.
The Renton Public Library bridges the Cedar River.
Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south, and Kenmore on the north, and encloses Mercer Island. The lake is fed by the Sammamish River at its north end and the Cedar River at its south.
The longest and second longest floating bridges in the world cross Lake Washington
Cutting the cofferdam at Montlake in 1913, draining Lake Washington over the next three months until it was level with Lake Union
Kirkland, Washington
Lake Washington looking southeast toward Mercer Island with Mount Rainier in background
