Camp Lake (located at ) is a small snow-melt and rain-fed

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 ...

that feeds into the Blue Lake watershed on

Baranof Island Baranof Island is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name Baranof was given in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain Yuri Lisyansky, U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. It ...

in the

Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago (russian: Архипелаг Александра) is a long archipelago (group of islands) in North America lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, the tops of submerged coastal m ...

in the

Alaskan Panhandle Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...

. Camp Lake is a popular destination for the first night on the Baranof Cross-Island Trail due to its surrounding

alpine meadow Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

and the beautifully clear nature of the lake. Camp Lake sits between Bear Mountain and

Mount Bassie Mount Bassie is a large mountain in the center of Baranof Island, Alaska, United States, within the City and Borough of Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, Sitka. Mount Bassie is a massive hulk of rock, its footprint covering nearly five square miles ...

and atop a small headwall on the Medvejie Lake valley, although the lake drains into the Blue Lake watershed. Departing from the Medvejie Hatchery, the trail to Camp Lake spans approximately 3.33 miles (5.4 km) but requires considerable effort due to the difficult terrain and, in certain sections, dense vegetation. Camp Lake is not named on

USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, a ...

maps. In his book on hunting, Les Yaw names the lake "Camper's Lake".

Images

File:Camp Lake alpine meadow in early July, 2014.jpg, Camp Lake alpine meadow in early July, 2014 File:The West shore of Camp Lake.jpg, The West shore of Camp Lake

References

Lakes of Alaska Lakes of Sitka, Alaska {{SitkaAK-geo-stub