西雅图贝克山社区地处华盛顿湖附近的市区东南部，位于 Leschi 和莱克伍德/苏域柏公园街区之间。此山名为北喀斯喀特火山，坡度和缓，耸立于华盛顿湖之上，海拔 10,788 英尺，山顶常年白雪皑皑，向东可观赏喀斯喀特山脉 (Cascade Range) 的旖旎风姿，向北横跨华盛顿湖，向西则有雷尼尔谷和奥林匹克山 (Olympic Mountains)，远眺东北方向的美景，更加令人心旷神怡。在西雅图的发展历程中，该地区可谓相对的后来者。这里最初只有锯木厂，当时林业砍伐从靠近 市区的古老街区向南推进。直到 1905 年之后，贝克山社区才成为居住型社区。当时开发商 J. C. Hunter 聘请 Olmsted Brothers 公司负责设计一个公园式的街区，其中有蜿蜒曲折的林荫道。Hunter 特留出一片地，用于建造贝克山社区俱乐部。一个多世纪以来，该俱乐部一直是社交和市政中心。除了高档的居住环境外，该地区的 Sicks' Stadium 多年来还是西雅图 Rainiers 棒球队的主场。自 20 世纪 50 年代以来，一年一度的水上滑艇比赛便一直在华盛顿湖举办。尽管频繁的体育赛事有些嘈杂，但贝克山社区仍以林木苍翠的高档街区、美丽的住宅及壮丽的景观而闻 名于世。
西雅图街区：贝克山 (Mount Baker)--简史
- By Junius Rochester
- Posted 7/23/2001
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3433
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Dick Follis, www.mountbaker.org (Seattle: Internet, 2000); Robert Hitchman, Place Names of Washington (Tacoma: The Washington State Historical Society, 1985); Brandt Morgan, Enjoying Seattle's Parks (Seattle: Greenwood Publications, 1979); Walt Crowley, National Trust Guide: Seattle (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998); Roger Sale, Seattle: Past to Present (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1976); Emmett Watson, Once Upon a Time in Seattle (Seattle: Lesser Seattle Publishing, 1992); Paul Dorpat, Seattle: Now & Then, Vols I, II, III (Seattle: Tartu Publications, 1984-1999); Clarence B. Bagley, History of King County (Chicago-Seattle: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929); Leslie Blanchard, The Streetcar Railway Era in Seattle (Forty Fort, PA, Harold Cox Publishing, 1968).
Note: This essay was corrected and revised on October 28, 2011.
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