Tazlina Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Tazlina Lake
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caption_lake = Tazlina Lake
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location = Valdez-Cordova (CA), Alaska, USA
coords = Coord|61|53|7|N|146|29|4|W|region:US-AK_type:waterbody_source:GNIS|display=inline,title|name=Tazlina Lake (Valdez-Cordova CA)Cite gnis|1410696|name=Tazlina Lake (Valdez-Cordova CA)]
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outflow = Tazlina River
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basin_countries = USA
length = convert|21|mi|abbr=on|lk=on
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elevation = Convert|1785|ft|m
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cities = Tazlina Lake is a 21 miles long lake in Alaska, which is at the head of Tazlina River, Convert|1|mi|km North of 1952 terminus of Tazlina Glacier and Convert|62|mi|km North of Valdez, Copper River (Alaska) Basin.

History

The Russian Shturman Serebrenikov appears to have been the first "white man" to reach this lake; according to his notes he was here on May 30, 1848. He recorded the name as "Plavezhnoye Ozero," or "Plavezhni Lake." He reported two Indian families living on the lake (Allen, 1887, p. 21.).

Etymology

Local name taken from the stream that drains the lake, reported in 1898 by F. C. Schrader, USGS.

See also

*List of lakes of Alaska

References