Wyoming Places Wiki / Jenny Lake

Named after the Indian wife of Richard Leigh. This lake is a beautiful body of water at the base of the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park. It has a maximum depth of 226 feet. Jenny Lake lies just outside the mouth of Cascade Canyon. It was formed by the glacier which moved down the canyon and deposited debris outside the canyon mouth thus creating a dam, back of which the lake formed with the melting of the ice. It is fed by Cascade Creek, an icy mountain torrent. There is an excellent trail entirely around the lake.

Source: WPA

"Beaver Dick," whose proper name was Richard Leigh, was the most picturesque figure in the Teton region during the decades immediately preceding settlement. ... Beaver Dick figures prominently in the early history of the Teton region, where for most of his life (it is said that he was 16 when he came into the region) he trapped, hunted, and acted in the capacity of guide. He is buried on a hilltop at the mouth of Teton Canyon. In the Grand Teton National Park, the names of two beautiful lakes, Beaver Dick Lake and Leigh Lake, perpetuate his memory, and an adjoining body of water, jenny Lake, is named after his first Indian wife.

Source: Annals 15(1)

Jenny Lake, lake in Yellowstone Park ... was named for the Shoshone wife of Richard Leigh.

Source: Gannett

Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park. ... Named by F. V. Hayden, and shown on many maps in his reports on the Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories, 1878.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

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