Twin Lakes is a complex of two large lakes in
Lake Clark National Park in the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, near the northeast corner of
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough (russian: Лейк-энд-Пенинсула, ''Leyk-end-Peninsula'') is a Borough (United States)#Alaska, borough in the U.S. state, state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population wa ...
. It contains a upper lake and a smaller lower lake, joined by a short connecting stream. The lakes outflow westward into the
Chilikadrotna River
The Chilikadrotna River is a tributary of the Mulchatna River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in northern Lake and Peninsula Borough and flows westward into the larger river northwest of Nondalton ...
(and eventually into the
Mulchatna and
Nushagak Rivers and
Nushagak Bay
Nushagak Bay is a large estuary covering over 100 km2 in southwest part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It opens to Bristol Bay, a large body of water in the eastern Bering Sea north of the Alaska Peninsula.
It is home to the area's largest ci ...
). It is quite remote and unpopulated, except in the late summer as it is a popular hunting spot.
The lake complex was the
retirement
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
home of
naturalist Richard Proenneke
Richard Louis Proenneke (; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1969–1999) in the mount ...
(1916–2003), who spent most (1968–1998) of the last 35 years of his life living there in a
log cabin
A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers.
Eur ...
he built by hand. (See ''
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey'' and ''Alone in the Wilderness'').
It is only reachable by air taxi via a float or a wheel plane.
Gallery
File:Twin Lakes from Low Pass 2012.jpg, Twin Lakes from Low Pass
File:Proenneke's Cabin.jpg, Proenneke's Cabin
References
External links
A satellite view of Dick Proenneke's cabin and Twin Lakes
Lakes of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Lakes of Alaska
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