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Our kingdom for a slag heap? A reclaimed peninsula of land jutting off the Asarco property could one day feature a beach and promenades connecting to Point Defiance Park.
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Longtime park protectors Thelma Gilmur, left, and Helen Engle take in the view of Dalco passage. Over the years, they've led Scout groups and protested logging.
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Gordon Anderson, 69, makes frequent low-tide visits to Point Defiance Park, where bluffs expose thousands of years of geologic activity. "Nature gives me such a super high," he says.
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Mike Devereaux’s childhood centered on the Oakland tavern his family owned.
Brad Brailsford, 53, has lived a quick bike ride away from Point Defiance since 1980 and has come to rely on it for solace in a world of chatter.
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Point Defiance’s caretakers have always encouraged recreational users to keep the park clean.
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Massive ferns and old-growth trees along the Triangle Trail Inner Loop make a prehistoric backdrop to the Defiance runners, which was formed in the 1980s by a group of physicians.
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Most park visitors have seen Wallace Playfield and don’t even know it.
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The romance that blossomed at Point Defiance Park eight years ago continues for Dorothy and John Morris. Their first date took them hiking, and they married soon after.
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Point Defiance has hosted a variety of civic festivals and events over the years – some long forgotten, some still going strong. Here’s a sampler:
If Ernie Bay's dream ever comes true, a trail will connect Pierce County's two most popular parks.
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A heron stalks the still waters of the Japanese Garden at Point Defiance. The garden complements the 1914 Pagoda, and has grown in size and authenticity over the years.
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Jerry Lilly intended to be a baseball player. Instead, from the 1960s and into the ’80s, he became the Matchmaker of Owen Beach.
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