Information About

Woodpecker Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 37' 7.903" N,
150 ° 59' 43.559" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Length

0.7 mi (1.13 km)

Elevation

207 ft (63.09 m)

Woodpecker Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula N of Eagle Lake, 9 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasciatus), "Far into the north it becomes the commonest of Woodpeckers." (Pearson, 1944, pt.2, p. 144).