Almeda Lake

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Almeda Lake
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Almeda Lake
Location Flathead County, Montana
Coordinates 48°15′19.3410″N113°42′16.9409″W / 48.255372500°N 113.704705806°W / 48.255372500; -113.704705806 Coordinates: 48°15′19.3410″N113°42′16.9409″W / 48.255372500°N 113.704705806°W / 48.255372500; -113.704705806
Type Lake

Almeda Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Montana. [1]

Almeda Lake is named after the wife of Thomas Shields (who himself is the namesake to Shields Creek). [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almeda Lake
  2. "Geographic names". Forest History Society. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.