Shoshone Lake

Coordinates: 44°22′20″N 110°42′45″W / 44.37222°N 110.71250°W / 44.37222; -110.71250 (Shoshone Lake)
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Shoshone Lake
Shoshone Lake in 1988
Location of Shoshone Lake in Wyoming, USA.
Location of Shoshone Lake in Wyoming, USA.
Shoshone Lake
Location of Shoshone Lake in Wyoming, USA.
Location of Shoshone Lake in Wyoming, USA.
Shoshone Lake
LocationYellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.
Coordinates44°22′20″N 110°42′45″W / 44.37222°N 110.71250°W / 44.37222; -110.71250 (Shoshone Lake)[1]
Primary outflowsLewis River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area8,050 acres (32.6 km2)
Max. depth205 feet (62 m)
Surface elevation7,795 feet (2,376 m)[1]

Shoshone Lake is a U.S. backcountry lake with an area of 8,050 acres (33 km2; 13 sq mi) with an elevation of 7,795 feet (2,376 m) in the southwest section of

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes that Shoshone Lake is the largest backcountry lake in the lower 48 states that cannot be reached by a road.[2] The Yellowstone Caldera is located within the lake.[1][3]

History

Shoshone Lake has had many names since it was first viewed by fur trappers in the early 19th century. Jim Bridger may have visited the lake in 1833, but visited it in 1846. Trapper Osborne Russell visited the lake in 1839. During this period the lake was called Snake Lake. A map created by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet in 1851 showed the lake as DeSmet's Lake. Walter DeLacy, the Montana map maker named the lake DeLacy's Lake when he passed through the area in 1863.

During the

Continental Divide on 17 September 1870.[5] Cornelius Hedges, a member of the Washburn expedition named the lake Washburn Lake to honor the expedition leader Henry D. Washburn, but that name was short-lived.[2]

A. C. Peale of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 visited Shoshone Lake in August 1871 but referred to it as Madison Lake.[6]

During the Hayden Geologic Survey of 1872, Frank Bradley, a member of the survey confirmed the lake was in the Snake River drainage and named the lake Shoshone Lake based on the Indian name of the Snake River.[2]

Shoshone Geyser Basin

Shoshone Geyser Basin in 1878

Located at the southwest end of the lake, the

Shoshone Geyser Basin contains one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world - more than 80 in an area 1,600 feet (490 m) by 800 feet (240 m).[7]
Hot springs and mudpots dot the landscape between the geyser basin and the lake.

Union geyser, Shoshone Geyser Basin, 1955

Angling

Prior to 1890, Shoshone Lake was barren of fish as

Grand Loop Road near Craig Pass. The Dogshead trail and Lewis River Channel trail provide access from the south entrance road near Lewis Lake. There are 20 backcountry campsites on Shoshone Lake.[11]

See also

Further reading

  • Franke, Mary Ann (Fall 1996). "A Grand Experiment-100 Years of Fisheries Management in Yellowstone: Part I". Yellowstone Science. 4 (4). Yellowstone Center for Resources, National Park Service.
  • ISBN 1-56044-625-0
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  • Mathews, Craig; Molinero, Clayton (1997). The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide—An authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.
    ISBN 1-55821-545-X
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "Shoshone Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-917298-15-2
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  3. ^ Lisa Morgan (10 February 2004). "Yellowstone Lake Geology Talk Transcript – The floor of Yellowstone Lake is anything but quiet: Volcanic and hydrothermal processes in a large lake above a magma chamber". Yellowstone Science Talks. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2005.
  4. ISBN 9780806106649
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  5. ^ Doane, Gustavus C. (February 1871). The report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870 (Report). U.S. Secretary of War.
  6. ISBN 0-8032-3148-2
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  7. ^ "Yellowstone Resources and Issues 2006" (PDF). National Park Service. 2006. p. 200.
  8. ISBN 0-8117-2777-7
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  9. ^ a b "2021 Yellowstone National Park Fishing Regulations" (PDF). nps.gov/yell. February 2022.
  10. ^ "Yellowstone National Park Boating Regulations" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2008.
  11. ^ "Yellowstone Backcountry Trip Planner" (PDF). National Park Service. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
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