Introduction to the Lake

Garfield Bay on Lake Pend Oreille

A lake in northern Idaho, with a area of 148 square miles. It is 65 miles long, and 1,150 feet deep in some regions. Fed by Clark Fork River and drained by the Pend Oreille River. It is surrounded by national forests and many small towns. All but the southern tip of the lake is in Bonner County, the southern tip which is home to Farragut State Park, the original home of the Farragut Naval Training Station, and the home of the NAVSEA's Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) is in Kootenai County. Pend Oreille Lake, Garfield Bay I took it File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Pend Oreille Lake, Garfield Bay I took it File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Clark Fork River is a river in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho, approximately 360 mi (579 km). ... The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 130 mi (209 km) long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. ... Bonner County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ... Farragut State Park is a state park in the state of Idaho. ... Kootenai County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ...

The lake is home to many species of fish including: rainbow trout, lake trout, perch, crappie, bass, whitefish and kamloops. The forests are known to have various pines, such as ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, poplar and western larch. Whitetail deer, squirrels, black bears, coyotes and bobcats are known to reside in these forests. Bald Eagles, owls, hummingbirds, hawks, woodpeckers, ducks and the mountain bluebird are seen in the skies around the lake.

Geology

For more information on the geology of the Lake Pend Oreille see http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/counties/bonner/geomap.htm and http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/counties/kootenai/geomap.htm .

It is also believed that the eastern side of the lake was in the path of the ancient Missoula Flood. Glacial Lake Columbia (west) and Glacial Lake Missoula (east) are shown south of Cordilleran Ice Sheet. ...

Other Info

It is surrounded by the following towns:

Sandpoint, Idaho Ponderay, Idaho Hope, Idaho Bayview, Idaho Sandpoint is a city located in Bonner County, Idaho. ... Ponderay is a city located in Bonner County, Idaho. ... Hope is a city located in Bonner County, Idaho. ...