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Lake Dorothy is a
The lake can be reached by the Dorothy Lake Trail which is about 2 miles to the lake. The trail continues another 2 miles along the lake’s shore to its south end. After that it continues on, climbing up from the lake and eventually climbing over a ridge before descending to Bear Lake and the Taylor River.http://www.vtrail.com/byalphabet/dtrails/dorothylake.html
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in King County, Washington
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. First labeled on Oliver Phelps Anderson's "New Map of the County of King, State of Washington, 1894"; the name was bestowed by Anderson for his daughter Dorothy Louise Anderson (1893-1912), a member of Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa (, also known as SK or Sig Kap) is a sorority founded on November 9, 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
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sorority. It is one of the largest lakes in the area and is the source of the East Fork Miller River
The Miller River is a river in King County, Washington. Named for 1890s prospector John Miller, it is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins near the community of Miller River (which was, prior to World War I, known as Berlin). The M ...
.
Waterfalls
A number of waterfalls surround Lake Dorothy.Florence Falls
The Florence Falls ( Aboriginal: ''Karrimurra'') is a segmented waterfall on the Florence Creek located within the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern ...
() is located over a promontory a short distance downstream from the outlet. As Florence Falls reaches Camp Robber Creek a second waterfall is produced by a series of slides and cascades, Camp Robber Cascades.
Access
The lake can be reached by the Dorothy Lake Trail which is about 2 miles to the lake. The trail continues another 2 miles along the lake’s shore to its south end. After that it continues on, climbing up from the lake and eventually climbing over a ridge before descending to Bear Lake and the Taylor River.http://www.vtrail.com/byalphabet/dtrails/dorothylake.html
See also
*List of lakes of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area in the North Cascades mountain range, located in northern Washington (state), Washington state, the Northwestern United States. Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness are protected within the We ...
*Miller River Waterfalls
There are a total of 3 waterfalls on the 2 forks of the Miller River. Below is a description for all of them:
East Fork Florence Falls
Florence Falls, at , is located a short distance downstream from Lake Dorothy. The falls are a long casc ...
* Bear Lake
* Taylor River
References
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Dorothy may refer to:
*Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name.
Arts and entertainment
Characters
*Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
* Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...
Dorothy
Dorothy may refer to:
*Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name.
Arts and entertainment
Characters
*Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
* Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...
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