Curlew Lake is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Ferry County,

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that surrounds Curlew Lake northeast of

Republic, Washington Republic is a city in Ferry County, Washington, United States. The population was 992 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ferry County. It was the largest mining camp in the Republic Mining District, and home to the "Hot Air Line" rail ...

Demographics

In 2010, it had a population of 462. The census reported a gender makeup of 228 males and 234 females.

Geography

Curlew Lake is located in northwestern Ferry County. The community includes all of Curlew Lake, a water body at the head of Curlew Creek, as well as land on all sides of the lake, bounded to the east by

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, to the south by West Herron Creek Road, and to the west and north by West Curlew Lake Road. The CDP contains the unincorporated community of Pollard, located on the west side of the lake. Curlew State Park is on the east side of the lake, directly across from Pollard. The CDP is bordered to the south by Torboy, and

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, the Ferry County seat, is to the southwest via WA 21. According to the

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, the Curlew Lake CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 23.47%, is water, comprising the lake itself. The lake drains to the north via Curlew Creek, a tributary of the Kettle River, which flows north, then east, then south to the

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near

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References

Census-designated places in Ferry County, Washington {{FerryCountyWA-geo-stub