Silver Lake (Oregon)

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location = Lake County, Oregon
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Silver Lake is a lake in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It it six miles east of the community of Silver Lake. It is unknown who first gave the lake its descriptive name. Central Oregon residents attribute it to John C. Frémont, although no proof has been found, and he would not have seen the lake on his first visit to Oregon in 1843.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 = 878] The Klamath called the lake "Kalpshi", which may have been derived from the word "kalapsh", meaning a decayed log. The name was used because of the petrified wood near the lake.

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