Lake Clark (Alaska)

Lake Clark
Qizhjeh Vena (Tanaina)
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Location	Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, US
Coordinates	60°14′39″N 154°17′07″W
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	69 km (43 mi)
Max. width	8 km (5.0 mi)
Max. depth	322 m (1,056 ft)
Surface elevation	75 m (246 ft) [1]

Lake Clark (Denaʼina: Qizhjeh Vena) is a lake in southwest 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.^[2] The Dena'ina Athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake".^[3] 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. "USGNIS Lake Clarke".
2. Branson (2012), chapter 13
3. 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.