page_title: Lake Tacoma
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Tacoma
caption_attribution_description: English: Glacial lakes Lake Tacoma, Lake Nisqually, &amp; Lake Russell, per Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 8; Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region; Fig 10; J. Harlen Bretz; Olympia, Wash, Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer; 1913
context_page_description: Lake Tacoma is the name given the freshwater lake in the basin of the Puyallup River and the Green River at the point in time that the Vashon Glacier had receded northward into Commencement Bay. Prior to this, it was referred to as the Lake Puyallup. The bluff on which this city is built is used as the landmark where Lake Puyallup ceased and it became Lake Tacoma.
context_section_description: Lake Tacoma is the name given the freshwater lake in the basin of the Puyallup River and the Green River (Duwamish River) at the point in time that the Vashon Glacier had receded northward into Commencement Bay.  Prior to this, it was referred to as the Lake Puyallup. The bluff on which this city is built is used as the landmark where Lake Puyallup ceased and it became Lake Tacoma.
caption: Glacial lakes Lake Tacoma, Lake Nisqually, & Lake Russell
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