Information About

Lake Brooks

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Location

58 ° 30' 16.938" N,
155 ° 55' 13.271" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Length

11 mi (17.7 km)

Elevation

62 ft (18.9 m)

Lake Brooks in Detail.

About

S of Naknek Lake, on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 35 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range. 11 miles long.

History

Named in 1919 by R. F. Griggs of the National Geographic Society for Alfred Hulse Brooks. The Eskimo name was Ketivik, to which R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923, gives the long meaning "beavers broke their houses a long time ago." See Brooks Range.

Topo Maps

Mt Katmai (1948), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mount Katmai C-6 (1951), Mount Katmai C-6 (1951), Mount Katmai C-6 (1951),

Places Near Lake Brooks

Lakes:

Lake Brooks, Naknek Lake, North Arm Naknek Lake,

Mountains:

Dumpling Mountain, Mount Kelez,

Rivers:

Brooks River,

Waterfalls:

Brooks Falls,