Exit 20 — Kirkland on the Label

Sal on I-405 Southbound: Lynnwood to Tukwila · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between exits eighteen and twenty. Sal: Up on Rose Hill, a branch of Forbes Creek runs past Costco's warehouse number eight. Costco's store brand carries this town's name. When it introduced Kirkland Signature in 1995, the name was a spin on the location of the company's headquarters. Seattle Signature was considered too, but Costco couldn't trademark it. The company soon moved to Issaquah, and the name stuck. Peggy: Their reason for keeping it? Nobody could spell Issaquah. Sal: The creek feeds Forbes Lake, where Dorr Forbes, a Civil War veteran, started a cranberry farm in 1882. Beavers…