Finger Lake (Alaska)

Last updated

Finger Lake
Baqay Tuch'elisht Bena [1]
Bakiatutsilictmuna (Tanaina) [1]
Finger Lake, Alaska.jpg
Relief map of USA Alaska.png
Red pog.svg
Finger Lake
North America laea relief location map with borders.jpg
Red pog.svg
Finger Lake
Location Wasilla, Alaska
Coordinates 61°36′18″N149°16′52″W / 61.605°N 149.281°W / 61.605; -149.281
Primary outflows one small, unnamed creek [2]
Surface area146 acres (59 ha) [2]
Max. depth13.4 meters (44 ft) [2]
Surface elevation103 meters (338 ft) [2]
Frozenwinter months [3]

Finger Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska. It is not technically a finger lake, but was named so by Captain Edwin Glenn, who led an army expedition to Alaska in 1898 and felt that "when viewing the lake on a map, a point of land in the lake gives the impression of a finger." [1] The lake has populations of Rainbow Trout, Arctic Char and Arctic Grayling and is a popular fishing spot, including ice fishing in winter. [3] The lake is at the south end of the Seven-mile canoe trail that ends at Wasilla Lake, the only portage is at the north end of Finger Lake. [4]

Park

Regional headquarters MatSu Park HQ.jpg
Regional headquarters

Alaska State Parks operates the Finger Lake State Recreation Area, a 69 acres (28 ha) park with a campground, boat launch, and picnic areas. [3] [5] The park also contains the regional headquarters for Matanuska-Susitna Valley area parks.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Finger Lake (Alaska)
  2. 1 2 3 4 ADF&G Lakes database, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  3. 1 2 3 Finger Lake SRS, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
  4. ↑ Wellner, Andrew Scout spruces up canoe trail, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 27 May 2013
  5. ↑ The Milepost, 2018 edition, page 367 ISBN   9781892154378
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.