Jackson Lake (Carbon)

Name: Jackson Lake

 

County: Carbon

 

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GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1072022W

Latitude: 422612N 

 

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Elevation:  6027/1837

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Lake

 

Origin of Name:

Once named Biddle Lake, after Nicholas Biddle who edited and published the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. On the Keeler map of 1867 the lake is called Lyons Lake.

Source: WPA

 

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Other Names: Biddle Lake, Lyons Lake

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Savage Peak

 

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