<p>Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo shows a man guiding logs down the canal in the Montlake area.</p>
<p>Handwritten on verso: 1908 - Portage canal - Portage log canal - parallel to and south of present Mountlake [sic] canal.

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
Frank Harwood
1908<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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