Bear Lake State Park (Utah)

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Bear Lake State Park is a state park of Utah in the United States. It is located in northeastern Utah, along the shore of Bear Lake near the border with Idaho. It offers three recreation areas: Rendezvous Beach, Bear Lake Marina, and East Beach. The park also hosts many annual events, such as a Mountain Man Rendezvous and Bear Lake Raspberry Days.

Recreational actvities include waterskiing, swimming, scuba diving, and sailing. Anglers enjoy year-round fishing for cutthroat trout, mackinaw trout, Bonneville cisco, and whitefish.

Contents 1 Recreation areas 1.1 Rendezvous Beach 1.2 Bear Lake Marina 1.3 East Side 2 External links

[edit] Recreation areas

[edit] Rendezvous Beach

Rendezvous Beach is named for the famous rendezvous of fur trappers and Native Americans held in the summers of 1827 and 1828. A thousand or more Native Americans and mountain men, including Jedediah Smith, attended the gatherings. There were so many campfires at the south end of the lake at these trading sessions that one observer called the area "a lighted city."

Rendezvous Beach now is a day-use area open year-round.

[edit] Bear Lake Marina

The marina offers boat slips for rent.

[edit] East Side

East side consists of primitive camping sites on the east shore of bear lake.

[edit] External links

• State parks web site
• Utah.com, commercial web site

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