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Lake Crescent in Olympic NP on S’Klallam land – True

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“Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park, Washington, is located on ancestral S’Klallam land.”
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Confidence: High Checked on September 1, 2026

Summary

Lake Crescent lies within the traditional territory of the S’Klallam peoples, whose ancestral lands encompass the area now designated as Olympic National Park. Contemporary tribal maps and historical accounts confirm that the lake is situated on land historically belonging to the S’Klallam tribe.

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wdfw.wa.gov
epa.gov
www2.census.gov
en.wikipedia.org
  • Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe - Wikipedia

    They claimed a rock along the river as their creation site, calling it a word that in Klallam means coiled basket, for its shape. This was known as the place where the Creator "bathed and blessed the Klallam people and other tribes," according to Jamie Valadez, a Klallam language instructor. It was known as a place for vision quests. This site was submerged under a lake ...

  • Lake Crescent - Wikipedia

    Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of Port Angeles on U.S. Route 101, near the small community of Piedmont. With an official maximum depth of 624 feet (190 m), it is the ...

de.wikipedia.org
  • Lake Crescent – Wikipedia

    Vorlage:Infobox See/Wartung/NACHWEIS-FLÄCHEVorlage:Infobox See/Wartung/NACHWEIS-SEEBREITEVorlage:Infobox See/Wartung/NACHWEIS-MAX-TIEFEVorlage:Infobox See/Wartung/NACHWEIS-MED-TIEFE · Lake Crescent ist ein See im Clallam County im US-Bundesstaat Washington.

de.wikivoyage.org
  • Olympic-Nationalpark – Reiseführer auf Wikivoyage

    Der Olympic National Park ist ein 3.733,83 km² großer Nationalpark in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und liegt im dortigen Bundesstaat Washington · Der Park schützt den borealen (gemäßigten) Regenwald im Pazifischer Nordwesten der USA auf der Olympic-Halbinsel.

ad-hoc-news.de
  • Olympic National Park: Naturwunder und Highlights 2026

    Lake Crescent liegt im Norden des Olympic National Park und fasziniert mit türkisfarbenem Wasser in vulkanischer Caldera. Die ruhige Atmosphäre lädt zu Kajakfahren, Angeln oder Spaziergängen ein, umgeben von alten Wäldern und Wasserfällen ...

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