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Killdeer Lake

Killdeer Lake

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 0.6 mi (0.97 km)
Elevation:
  • 98 ft (29.87 m)
About

on Kenai Peninsula between Plover and Shadura Lakes, 13 mi. NE of Kenai; Cook Inlet Low.

History of Killdeer Lake

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Killdeer or Noisy Plover (Oxyechus vociferus), a shore bird, "which makes itself exceedingly useful by destroying great quantities of noxious insects (notably mosquitoes)" (in Pearson, 1944, pt. 1, p. 261).