Triangle Lake, Oregon

Triangle Lake is an unincorporated communitycite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1130796 |title=Feature Query Results |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2008-04-01] in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located about convert|25|mi|km west of Junction City on Oregon Route 36, on the southwest side of the lake of same name. Triangle Lake is closely tied to the unincorporated community of Blachly, on the northeast side of the lake, and the two communities share a school district. Triangle Lake is served by the Blachly post office. [cite web | title=ORDER NO. 98-185 | author=Public Utility Commission of Oregon | url=http://apps.puc.state.or.us/orders/1998ords/98-185.htm | date=1998-05-04 | accessdate=2008-04-01]

Triangle Lake's only business, a store, burned on May 7 2007, and it was uncertain if it would be salvageable, though the owners said they would rebuild. [cite news
last = Wright
first = Jeff
title = Town's sole store goes up in flames
publisher = "The Register-Guard"
date = May 7 2007
url = http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/07/c1.cr.storefire.0507.p1.php
accessdate = 2008-04-01 ] [cite news
last = Dietz
first = Diane
title = Triangle Lake gathers over loss
publisher = "The Register-Guard"
date = May 8 2007
url = http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/08/d1.cr.firefolo.0508.p1.php
accessdate = 2008-04-01]

Lake

The convert|293|acre|km2|sing=on lake has had various names over the years, including Loon Lake, Lake of the Woods, and Echo Lake, but the name Triangle Lake (after the lake's shape) became the official name in the early 1900s.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 93] Before Fern Ridge Reservoir was completed in 1941, the lake was the most popular local spot for water sports. Triangle Lake county park continues to feature facilities for boating, swimming, and fishing (including largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch, brown bullhead, kokanee, cutthroat trout, and pumpkinseed). [ [http://www.co.lane.or.us/parks/allparks_t_z.htm#park158 Lane County, Oregon eGovernment] ] The lake is also popular for its rock slides. [cite web|title=The Road Less Traveled: Leisurely Routes to the Oregon Coast|url=http://www.travelbywaysandgetaways.com/dir/coastpasses.htm|accessdate=2008-04-01]

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External links

* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Triangle%20Lake&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic images of round barn near Triangle Lake] from Salem Public Library