Bonaparte Lake

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Bonaparte Lake is a freshwater lake in the northwestern Okanogan Highlands of Washington, United States. It is the largest lake in the Bonaparte Creek watershed and is both fed and drained by said creek. The lake is at the eastern foot of Mount Bonaparte and abuts the Bonaparte Meadows calcareous fen. The lake was formed by a partial blockage of the valley mouth by glacial debris at the end of the Fraser Glaciation and the deep peat deposits of the Bonaparte Meadows preserve ash falls from Mount Mazama and Mount St Helens. The lake is about 1 mi (1.6 km) long with a north–south directionality while a land neck separates the southern 1/3 into a smaller basin from the remaining 2/3 in the northern area. A maximum depth for the lake is 109 ft (33 m) while the area is 158.7 acres (64.2 ha). The lake provides boating and sport fishing opportunities facilitated by the Colville National Forest campground on the southern shore, the public resort on the eastern shore, and the Scouting America camp...

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