Camp Lake (Alaska)

Camper's Lake
Location	Baranof Island, Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, US
Coordinates	57°2′N 135°5′W / 57.033°N 135.083°WCoordinates: 57°2′N 135°5′W / 57.033°N 135.083°W
Type	Tarn
Primary outflows	Camper's Lake Valley Stream
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	1,600 ft (490 m)

Camp Lake (located at 57°2′N 135°5′W / 57.033°N 135.083°W) is a small snow-melt and rain-fed lake that feeds into the Blue Lake watershed on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaskan Panhandle. Camp Lake is a popular destination for the first night on the Baranof Cross-Island Trail due to its surrounding alpine meadow and the beautifully clear nature of the lake. Camp Lake sits between Bear Mountain and Mount Bassie and atop a small headwall on the Medvejie Lake valley, although the lake drains into the Blue Lake watershed. Departing from the Medvejie Hatchery, the trail to Camp Lake spans approximately 3.33 miles (5.4 km) but requires considerable effort due to the difficult terrain and, in certain sections, dense vegetation.

Camp Lake is not named on USGS maps. In his book on hunting, Les Yaw names the lake "Camper's Lake".^[1]

Images

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  Camp Lake alpine meadow in early July, 2014

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  The West shore of Camp Lake

References

1. Yaw, W. Leslie (2001). Targets Hit and Targets Missed: hunting in Southeast Alaska. Ward Cove, Alaska: Ocean's Edge Publishing. pp. v. ISBN 0-9712475-0-1.