Lower Slide Lake is located in
Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the
U.S. state
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of
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
. The natural lake was created on June 23, 1925, when the
Gros Ventre landslide
The Gros Ventre landslide ( ) is in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The Gros Ventre landslide is east of Jackson Hole valley and Grand Teton National Park.
The landslide occurred on June 23, ...
dammed the
Gros Ventre River
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. The lake was once much larger, however part of the rock dam failed less than two years later, on May 18, 1927, causing deadly flooding downstream.
The lake waters have natural and stocked fish including
lake
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and
Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout
The Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout is a form of the cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii'') that is considered either as a separate subspecies ''O. c. behnkei'', or as a variety of the Yellowstone cutthroat trout (''O. c. bouvier ...
, and
mountain whitefish
The mountain whitefish (''Prosopium williamsoni'') is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territories, Canada south through western Canada and ...
.
See also
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Geology of the Grand Teton area The geology of the Grand Teton area consists of some of the oldest rocks and one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. The Teton Range, partly located in Grand Teton National Park, started to grow some 9 million years ago. An older fea ...
Cited references
External links
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Lakes of Teton County, Wyoming
Lakes of Wyoming
Landslide-dammed lakes
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