Lake of the Woods, Oregon

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Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods boat dock, Klamath County, Oregon.jpg
Boat dock at Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods, Oregon
Coordinates: 42°22′43″N122°12′44″W / 42.37861°N 122.21222°W / 42.37861; -122.21222
Country United States
State Oregon
County Klamath
Elevation
[1]
4,977 ft (1,517 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (Pacific)
ZIP code
97603
GNIS feature ID1161411 [1]

Lake of the Woods is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. [2] It is located on the east shore of the lake of the same name within the Winema National Forest, about a mile south of Oregon Route 140. [3]

The lake was named by Oliver C. Applegate in 1870, while he was building a road around its perimeter. [4] Applegate also built a cabin at the south end of the lake that year. [4] A post office named Lake of the Woods was established at the north end of the lake in 1930, but it only ran until 1931. [4] Efforts were made to establish the form "Lake O' Woods" in the late 1930s, and a post office with that name was established in 1941 that ran intermittently until 1965. [4] In 1961, the United States Board on Geographic Names ruled to return to the original name for the lake and the community. [4] A post office was reestablished in 1970 with the name "Lake of the Woods"; it closed for good 1977. [4]

The lake, with Mount McLoughlin in the background, is a popular recreation area. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake of the Woods, Oregon
  2. ↑ "Lake of the Woods". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 69. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 555. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 748, 753. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  6. ↑ Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. OCLC   4874569.


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