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  2. Wallowa Lake - Wikipedia

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    Wallowa Lake is a ribbon lake 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Joseph, Oregon, United States, at an elevation of 4,372 ft (1,333 m). Impounded by high moraines, it was formed by a series of Pleistocene glaciers .

  3. List of lakes of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    A former gravel pit turned fishing pond in Salem: Walton Lake: A lake in Ochoco National Forest: Wallowa Lake: A melted glacier near Joseph: Wickiup Reservoir: A reservoir south of Mount Bachelor Willow Creek Lake: formed by Willow Creek Dam impounding Willow Creek near Heppner: Woahink Lake: Deepest lake (relative to sea level) dammed by sand ...

  4. Hells Canyon National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area on the borders of the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho.Managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, the recreation area was established by Congress and signed by President Gerald Ford in late 1975 to protect the historic and archaeological values of the Hells Canyon area and ...

  5. Wallowa Lake, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Wallowa Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the south end of Wallowa Lake , and is a small community made up of vacation homes, lodging, restaurants, as well as other small businesses.

  6. Minam State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Minam State Recreation Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. Administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, it covers about 600 acres (240 ha) along the Wallowa River north of La Grande in Wallowa County. The park is off Oregon Route 82 about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Elgin. [2]

  7. Umatilla National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Umatilla National Forest, in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington, covers an area of 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2).In descending order of land area the forest is located in parts of Umatilla, Grant, Columbia, Morrow, Wallowa, Union, Garfield, Asotin, Wheeler, and Walla Walla counties.

  8. Wallowa County, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Wallowa mountains and lake. United States Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas was one famous summer visitor to Wallowa County, building a vacation cabin on Lostine River Road in 1939. In December 2003, a developer announced a proposal to buy a 62-acre (0.25 km 2) property near Wallowa Lake, and build 11 homes on it

  9. Wallowa, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Wallowa was platted in 1889. [6] Wallowa is a Nez Perce word describing a triangular structure of stakes that in turn supported a network of sticks called lacallas to form a fish trap. [7] The Nez Perce put these traps in the Wallowa River below the outlet of Wallowa Lake. [7]