Editing Shoreline, Washington (section)

===Coast Salish===

The modern-day Shoreline area is within the historic territory of local [[Coast Salish peoples]], now considered subgroups of the [[Duwamish people|Duwamish]]. A trail stretched from [[Salmon Bay]] (šilšul), where [[Shilshole people|Shilshole]] (šilšulabš) villages were, to [[Green Lake (Seattle)|Green Lake]], and then traveled north through bogs that housed [[Licton Springs, Seattle|Licton Springs]] and the headwaters of the south fork of [[Thornton Creek]], and continued up to [[Haller Lake, Seattle|Haller Lake]].<ref name="Buerge">{{cite web |last=Buerge |first=David |date=1996 |title=The Maps of the Early Shoreline Area |url=https://shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Maps-of-the-Early-Shoreline-Area.pdf |publisher=Shoreline Historical Museum |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> From there it wound through the peat bogs where Twin Ponds and Ronald Bog Parks are now. Large quantities of [[cranberries]] were once gathered at these bogs, as well as [[salmonberry|salmonberries]] and [[skunk cabbage]] along the banks of Thornton Creek. The x̌ax̌čuʔabš from [[Lake Union]] (x̌ax̌čuʔ) traveled to this area to gather cranberries.<ref name="Copass">{{cite web |last1=Copass |first1=Cloantha |date=September 30, 1996 |title=Overview of Shoreline History |url=https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/services/home-property/historic-preservation/documents/general/OverviewofShorelineHistory.ashx?la=en |access-date=January 3, 2025 |publisher=King County Historic Preservation Program.}}</ref>

From there the trail continued north to [[Echo Lake (Shoreline, Washington)|Echo Lake]]. There was a large burned area from Echo Lake, through the Richmond Highlands, and south to [[Bitter Lake (Seattle)|Bitter Lake]], likely a clearing intentionally burned to maintain the harvest of roots like [[bracken fern]] and [[Camassia quamash|camas]], berries, and hunting grounds. The trail forked at Echo Lake, one trail heading west to Richmond Beach and one trail continued north to [[Lake Ballinger]].<ref name="Buerge" /> The šilšulabš had seasonal camps at Richmond Beach and Boeing Creek, which were notable sources of [[kinnikinnick]]<ref name="Copass" /> and is commemorated in a local park name, Kayu Kayu Ac.{{cn|date=January 2025}} At Lake Ballinger, the trail forked into three trails: northeast to Hall Lake and [[Scriber Lake Park|Scriber Lake]] and the surrounding marshes, southeast along [[McAleer Creek]] to the current [[Town Center at Lake Forest Park]], and northwest to a large marsh that is now downtown [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]].<ref name="Buerge" /> The people who lived in Lake Forest Park and other winter villages along [[Lake Washington]] (x̌ačuʔ) were called x̌ačuʔabš.<ref name="Copass" />