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Named after the portage that used to be necessary to move Log s from Union Bay to Lake Union before the construction of the Ship Canal, the bay is home to two Yacht clubs, the Seattle and the Queen City , and many Houseboat s, as well as the Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the University Of Washington 's College of Ocean and Fishery Science. It is spanned by the University Bridge, which carries Eastlake Avenue from Eastlake to the University District , and by the Portage Bay Viaduct, which carries Washington State Route 520 from Montlake to Capitol Hill . |
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