Name: Taggart Lake

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104517W

Latitude: 434215N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6906/2105

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Lake

 

Origin of Name:

Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyo. ... 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  

 

At the mouth of Avalanche Canyon, was named after W. Bush Taggart,  a member of the Hayden Geological Survey expedition of 1872.  

Source: WPA

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Grand Teton

 

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