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Lake Ozette is the largest unaltered natural lake in Washington state at 29.5 km 2 (11.4 sq mi). [1]The Makah name for Lake Ozette was Kahouk meaning "large lake". [2] 8 mi (13 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, Lake Ozette is contained within the northern boundary of the Olympic National Park's coastal strip. [3]
The Ozette Native American Village Archeological Site is the site of an archaeological excavation on the Olympic Peninsula near Neah Bay, Washington, United States. The site was a village occupied by the Ozette Makah people until a mudslide inundated the site around the year 1750. [3] It is located in the now unpopulated Ozette Indian Reservation.
The Ozette Lake area saw a first wave of homesteaders, primarily Scandinavian, starting about 1890. [2] The community was distinct for its isolation, ethnic homogeneity, and self-reliance. The Washington Forest Reserve, established in 1897, initially placed the Ozette Lake area off-limits to homesteaders, leading to abandonment of the area by ...
The Olympic Wilderness, a designated wilderness area, was established by the federal government in 1988 that contained 877,000 acres (355,000 ha) within Olympic National Park. It was renamed the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness in 2017 to honor Governor and U.S. Senator Daniel J. Evans , who had co-sponsored the 1988 legislation. [ 10 ]
The Makah Museum also known as the Makah Cultural and Research Center is an archaeological and anthropological museum on the Makah Indian reservation in Neah Bay, Washington.It houses and interprets artifacts from the Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site, a Makah village partly buried by a mudslide at Lake Ozette around 1750, [1] providing a snapshot of pre-contact tribal life.
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form:Historic Resources of Olympic National Park. National Park Service 1986, 1998, 2005 ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about ...
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Located in Clallam County, Washington, the cape is situated within Olympic National Park and the Makah Indian Reservation, and is accessible via a 3-mile (5 km) boardwalk hike from a ranger station in the park. Cape Alava and Ozette Island Looking north at Cape Alava and Ozette Island, Olympic National Park. Cape Alava Trail was designated a ...