Tolo Lake is a shallow, natural lake in camas prairie in Idaho County, Idaho, United States.[1] It is about 35 acres (14 ha) in size. An area of about 206 acres (83 ha) including the lake was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2][3]
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Location | Idaho County, Idaho United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45.9153928°N 116.2361195°W / 45.9153928; -116.2361195[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Surface elevation | 3,235 feet (986 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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It is a historic rendez-vous site of the Nez Perce and others.
It also has historic significance from the Nez Perce War and the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
Mammoth bones were discovered there in 1995.[4]
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