Marion Lake (Oregon)

Marion Lake
Location	Linn County, Oregon, USA
Coordinates	44°33′23″N 121°51′43″W / 44.5565082°N 121.8620092°W / 44.5565082; -121.8620092Coordinates: 44°33′23″N 121°51′43″W / 44.5565082°N 121.8620092°W / 44.5565082; -121.8620092
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	300 acres (1.2 km2)
Surface elevation	4,134 ft (1,260 m)

Marion Lake is an alpine lake located in Linn County of the U.S. state of Oregon. The lake is in central Oregon's Cascades within the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area. The lake is approximately 300 acres (1.2 km²),^[1] at an elevation of 4,134 feet (1,260 m).^[2]

Marion Lake was named by John Minto's Marion County road-viewing party in 1874.^[3]

It is the headwaters of Marion Creek, a tributary of the North Santiam River.

The rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) is found at Marion Lake during the amphibian's breeding season.^[4]

See also

• List of lakes in Oregon

References

1. ^ Joslin, Les (2005). The Wilderness Concept and the Three Sisters Wilderness: Deschutes and Willamette National Forests, Oregon. Wilderness Associates. ISBN 0964716747. 
2. ^ "Marion Lake". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1145813. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 
3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh Edition ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 610. ISBN 0-87595-277-1. 
4. ^ Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)". Globaltwitcher. http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182.