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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 .
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.
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]
The Old Chief Joseph Gravesite is located at the northern end of Wallowa Lake, on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site with commanding views of the lake and surrounding mountains.It is just south of Oregon Highway 351, from which an unpaved drive enters the property through a gateway in a stone wall.
Location of Wallowa County in Oregon. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
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
The Wallowa Mountains (/ w ə ˈ l aʊ w ə /) are a mountain range located in the Columbia Plateau of northeastern Oregon in the United States. The range runs approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest to southeast in southwestern Wallowa County and eastern Union County between the Blue Mountains to the west and the Snake River to the east.
The Wallowa River supports populations of steelhead, spring Chinook salmon, and mountain whitefish among other species. Sockeye salmon were extirpated from the Wallowa River when a small dam was constructed at the outlet of Wallowa Lake in the headwaters of the river. The dam was constructed to raise the level of the lake to store water for ...