Lake Clark (Alaska)

Lake Clark
Location Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, US
Coordinates 60°14′39″N 154°17′07″W / 60.24417°N 154.28528°W / 60.24417; -154.28528Coordinates: 60°14′39″N 154°17′07″W / 60.24417°N 154.28528°W / 60.24417; -154.28528
Basin countries United States
Max. length 69 km (43 mi)
Max. width 8 km (5.0 mi)

Lake Clark (Dena'ina: Qizhjeh Vena) is a lake in southern Alaska. It drains through Six Mile Lake and the Newhalen River into Iliamna Lake. The lake is about 64 km (40 mi) long and about 8 km (5.0 mi) wide.

Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post and the first American non-Native to see the lake, when an expedition financed by a weekly magazine reached it in February 1891.[1] The Dena'ina Athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake".[2] The lake is within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

A panoramic picture taken from the bank of Lake Clark
Location of Nondalton, Alaska

References

  1. Branson (2012), chapter 13
  2. Branson (2012), p.186

Branson, John B. (2012). The Life and Times of John W. Clark of Nushagak, Alaska, 1846-1896. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ISBN 9780979643262. 


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