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The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere [1] and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. [2] It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate , particularly through lake-effect snow .
The story of Nikole Bakoles, or "Saltair Sally," has become part of local folklore surrounding the Great Salt Lake. Some individuals have reported seeing her ghost near the southern shores of the lake. [7] The television series Ghost Adventures featured an episode titled "The Great Saltair Curse," which aired on July 22, 2021. The episode ...
The song was released as a single in August 2006 in the US.While the single failed to chart, it remains one of Band of Horses best known songs. It is the third most performed song by the band, after "The General Specific" and "The (Billion Day) Funeral", respectively.
A short episode of slightly higher lake levels during the Cutler Dam lake cycle occurred about 60,000 years ago; [26] at this time a moderate-sized lake rose above the level of Great Salt Lake, but not as high as Lake Bonneville. Bonneville flood bed in Lake Bonneville marl at an exposure in northern Utah.
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In the fall of 1824, Bridger was the first person of European descent to explore the Great Salt Lake region, reaching it by bull boat. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He was the first recorded non-indigenous person to explore Yellowstone's springs and geysers.
The lake's only river outlet, the Jordan River, is a tributary of the Great Salt Lake. Evaporation accounts for 42% of the lake's outflow, which leaves the lake slightly saline . The elevation of the lake is at 4,489 feet (1,368 m) above sea level.
The Lucin Cutoff is a 102-mile (164 km) railroad line in Utah, United States that runs from Ogden to its namesake in Lucin.The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a twelve-mile-long (19 km) railroad trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake, which was in use from 1904 until the late 1950s, when it was replaced by an earthen causeway.