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house. At this time, the headman of the village was Shilshole Curly. Although much of the population left the village, a community still remained living in the village until the early 1900s. The village was destroyed in the 1910s and the residents removed. Some assimilated into the local community
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In the 1920s, an archaeological dig of the western parts of the site of the former Shilshole village was conducted by A. G. Colley. Archaeologists found many tools, including those made of iron, as a result of the dig.
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while others moved to local reservations. The last remaining resident of the village was Salmon Bay Charlie until he was evicted and removed to the Port Madison Reservation.
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Beginning in 1916, the level of the bay was raised by 20 feet (6.1 m) as the Ballard Locks formed a dam. East of the locks, Salmon Bay is spanned by the
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The house of Salmon Bay Charlie, the last resident of the Shilshole village (
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Before the construction of the Ship Canal, Salmon Bay was entirely
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and subject to the tides. The bay was the permanent home of the
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in the background. The bridge in the foreground is the
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Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
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Salmon Bay (Antarctica)

Puget Sound
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Salmon Bay Bridge
Lushootseed
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Seattle
Lake Washington
Puget Sound
Fremont Cut
Shilshole Bay
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Lake Union
salt water
Shilshole people
Lushootseed-speaking people
Duwamish
longhouses
potlatch
Ballard Bridge
bascule bridge
Ballard
Interbay
Salmon Bay Bridge
BNSF Railway
Magnolia

Fishermen's Terminal
A black and white photo of an old plank house belonging to Salmon Bay Charlie along the edge of the bay, with a Shilshole canoe moored outside

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