Tolo Lake
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 Tolo Lake, unknown date | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Idaho County, Idaho United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°54′55″N 116°14′10″W / 45.9153928°N 116.2361195°W[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Surface elevation | 3,235 feet (986 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tolo Lake is a shallow, natural lake in camas prairie in Idaho County, Idaho, United States.[1] It is about 35 acres (14 ha) in size. An area of about 206 acres (83 ha) including the lake was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2][3]
It is a historic rendez-vous site of the Nez Perce and others.
It also has historic significance from the Nez Perce War and the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
Mammoth bones were discovered there in 1995.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tolo Lake
- ^ a b "Weekly listings of February 18, 2011". National Park Service.
- ^ Suzanne Julin and Suzi Pengilly (May 9, 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tolo Lake / NEPE Site # 29; Tepahlewam; Split Rocks; Tipahxlee'wuhm; Tolo Lake Camp" (PDF). Idaho. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ Eric Sorensen (September 4, 1995). "New Life From Old Bones Discovery Of Mammoth Skeletons At Tolo Lake Stirs Pride, Economy In Struggling Community Of Grangeville". Spokesman-Review.
External links
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