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| Location | Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 60°38′20″N 153°51′47″W / 60.63889°N 153.86306°W |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Average depth | 987 ft (301 m) |
Twin Lakes is a complex of two large lakes in Lake Clark National Park in the U.S. state of Alaska,[1] near the northeast corner of Lake and Peninsula Borough. It contains a 6-mile-long (9.7 km) upper lake and a smaller 4-mile-long (6.4 km) lower lake, joined by a short connecting stream. The lakes outflow westward into the Chilikadrotna River[2] (and eventually into the Mulchatna and Nushagak Rivers and Nushagak Bay). It is quite remote and unpopulated, except in the late summer as it is a popular hunting spot.
The lake complex was the retirement home of naturalist Richard Proenneke (1916–2003), who spent most (1968–1998) of the last 35 years of his life living there in a log cabin he built by hand. (See One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey and Alone in the Wilderness).[3] It is only reachable by air taxi via a float or a wheel plane.[4]
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Twin Lakes from Low Pass
Proenneke's Cabin
References
- ↑ "Stunning Wilderness". National Park Service. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Lake Clark Brochure" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Proenneke's Cabin". National Park Service. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "How to Visit the Twin Lakes of Alaska". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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