Shoshone Lake
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| Shoshone Lake | ||
| Geographical location | Wyoming , USA | |
| Tributaries | Shoshone Creek, De Lacy Creek, Moose Creek | |
| Drain | Lewis River → Snake River | |
| Location close to the shore | Jackson (Wyoming) | |
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| Coordinates | 44 ° 22 '12 " N , 110 ° 42' 38" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 2376 m | |
| surface | 31 km² | |
| length | 10 km | |
| width | 7 km | |
The Shoshone Lake is the largest lake with no road access in the US and the second largest lake in Yellowstone National Park . It is located at an altitude of 2376 m southwest of Yellowstone Lake in the US state of Wyoming . It is accessible on foot and by canoe from Lewis Lake . The length of the lake measures around 10 km, the width varies between 0.8 km and 7 km. The area is 31 km². Major tributaries of Shoshone Lake are Shoshone Creek in the northwest, De Lacy Creek in the northeast and Moose Creek in the south of the eastern extension. The Lewis River, which connects Shoshone Lake with Lewis Lake, serves as a drain. The densely forested shores of Shoshone Lake are mostly rocky and rugged, especially in the east. The water is very clear and colder than that of Yellowstone Lake.
In 1867, the Inspector General of Montana, Solomon Meredith, designated the previously unnamed lake as deLacy's Lake according to Walter Washington deLacy . DeLacy had explored the Snake River to its source, Shoshone Lake, in 1863 . In 1872, Professor Frank H. Bradley, a participant in Ferdinand Vandeveer's second expedition to the Yellowstone area, renamed the lake Shoshone Lake . He paid tribute to the lake as one of the main sources of the Shoshone River, now known as the Snake River.
literature
- Aubrey L. Haines: The Yellowstone Story - A History of our First National Park . Vol. 1. University Press of Colorado, Niwot 1996, ISBN 0-87081-390-0 .
Web links
- Hugh M. Smith, William C. Kendall: Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park (English)
- Shoshone Lake in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shoshone Lake ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ↑ Haines 1996, Vol. 1, p. 65