Information About

Eagle Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Eagle Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 36' 30.467" N,
151 ° 0' 9.414" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Elevation

210 ft (64.01 m)

Eagle Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula between Elephant and Woodpecker Lakes, 8 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 0.8 mile long.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Northern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus), which occurs from northwestern Alaska south to British Columbia (Pearson, 1944, pt. 2, p. 81).