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Loch Eileen 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.[2]

Loch Eileen
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Location	Chelan County, Washington, United States
Coordinates	47.7414906°N 120.8894319°W / 47.7414906; -120.8894319
Primary outflows	Roarking Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	5,512 ft (1,680 m)[1]

Loch Eileen sits on a highly glaciated and semibarren alpine basin, surrounded by heather and other wildflowers and a coniferous presence primarily larch pines.[3]

History

Loch Eileen is one of the Scottish Lakes, which includes nearby Lake Julius, Lake Donald 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,[4] named after female family and friends of Sylvester.[5] Loche Eileen was named by Sylvester after the daughter of Forest Service Ranger Jason William.[6]

See also

• List of lakes of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

References

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