Information About

Cache Lake

Cache Lake

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2011 ft (612.95 m)
About

2 mi. NW of Napaktualuit Lake, in headwaters of Anaktuvuk River, 4 mi. N of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range. 0.6 mile long.

History of Cache Lake

So named in 1901, by W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "the outfit was packed over by the men and horse to a small lake * * *" (Schrader, 1904, p. 22).