Mowich Lake (Pierce County, Wash.)
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- Work cat.: Mowich Lake, with Mount Rainier in distance, 1888, via the Warner digital image collection, Oct. 26, 2004.
- GNIS, Oct. 26, 2004(Mowich Lake, lake, elev. 4929 ft., Wash., Pierce Co., 46⁰56ʹ20ʺN 121⁰51ʹ37ʺW, variant: Crater Lake; also Mowich Lake, variant name of Mowitch Lake in King Co. and numerous lakes in other counties called Crater Lake)
- Washington place names, via WWW, Oct. 26, 2004(Mowich Lake: A fairly large, 122.6-acre lake, elevation 4,929 feet is at the head of Crater Creek in the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park. This round lake is a glacial cirque. In 1883, it was named Crater Lake by geologist Bailey Willis with the belief that it was located in a volcanic crater. When Willis discovered his mistake many years later, the name was changed. The name of the creek which drains it was not. Mowitch Lake: A 15.8-acre lake, 13 miles northeast of North Bend, east central King County.)
Wikipedia description:
Mowich Lake is a lake located in the northwestern corner of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state at an elevation of 4,929 feet (1,502 m). The name "Mowich" derives from the Chinook Jargon word for deer. Access to the lake is provided by a 17 miles (27 km) long unpaved road which opens to vehicles in mid June to early July. Mowich Lake is also a busy campground during the summer with 30 walk-in tent camping spots. Bathrooms, tables, and trash bins are provided. From the Mowich campground, hikers can reach the Wonderland Trail, Eunice Lake, Tolmie Peak, Spray Park, and Spray Falls. Old-growth trees, waterfalls, creeks, cliffs, and wildflower meadows are also located in and around the area. Fishing is generally poor at Mowich Lake because the area is not stocked with fish and no habitat is provided for natural spawning. This body of water was named Crater Lake in 1883 by the geologist Bailey Willis under the belief that it was formed in a volcanic crater, however I. C. Russell later wrote that the land was shaped instead by ice erosion. Willis concurred. Correspondents to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) proposed Mowich to avoid ambiguity with the well-known Crater Lake to the south in Oregon. Mowich Lake was designated the official name by the BGN in 1919. The name of its outflow Crater Creek remained unchanged.
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