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Lake Julius is a freshwater lakes located on the north slope of the Chiwaukum Mountains, in Chelan County, Washington. Self-issued Alpine Lake Wilderness permit required for transit within the Klonaqua Lakes area. The lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing Cutthroat trout.[1]

Lake Julius
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Location	Kittitas County, Washington, United States
Coordinates	47.7364544°N 120.8760845°W / 47.7364544; -120.8760845
Primary outflows	Roarking Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	13.3 acres (0.054 km2)[1]
Surface elevation	5,194 ft (1,583 m)[2]

Location

Julius Lake is accessed from Upper Roaring Creek Trail #1584, a spinoff of Lake Ethel Trail #1585. The Lake Ethel trailhead is located 2.5 miles south on Gill Creek Road #6940 off of U.S. Highway 2 in the community of Merritt.[3]

Geography

Lake Julius sits on a highly glaciated and semibarren alpine basin, surrounded by heather and other wildflowers and a coniferous presence primarily larch pines.[4]

History

Lake Julius is one of the Scottish Lakes, which includes nearby Lake Donald, Loch Eileen and Lake Ethel. The lakes were given names by Albert Hale Sylvester, a topographer for the United States Geological Survey working throughout the North Cascades National Park Complex around 1900, named after female family and friends of Sylvester.[5] Lake Julius was named by Sylvester after one of his companions from the Forest Service, Julius Kummel.[6]

See also

• List of lakes of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

References

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