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Magnuson Park is a 350 acre (140 ha) Park on Sand Point at Pontiac Bay, Lake Washington , in the Sand Point Neighborhood of Seattle, Washington . The park is the second largest in Seattle after 534-acre (220 ha) Discovery Park in Magnolia . '''Sand Point''' is the Peninsula with Pontiac and Wolf bays that juts into Lake Washington , map {Link without Title} . SAND POINT-MAGNUSON PARK The first park at Sand Point was established in 1900 as Carkeek Park , a gift from developers Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. Carkeek. After World War I , a movement was begun to build an Air Station at Sand Point, and King County began acquiring surrounding parcels. In 1922 the Navy began construction on the site, which it was leasing from the county, and in 1926 the Navy was deeded the 413 acre field outright. This amounted to a public gift of $500,000 from the county to the Navy, in 1926 dollars; this would be $5,283,000 in 2005 dollars, not including significant real estate appreciation. FURTHER READING
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