MSN released late last week its list of the world’s most beautiful lakes. Lake Chelan comes in at number twelve of seventeen lakes featured. Most people think of fjords as saltwater inlets that stretch deep into mountainous coasts, courtesy of glacial action in past ice ages — think of Norway, British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. But many of the world’s mountain regions hold lakes that are essentially fjords, such as Washington state’s 55-mile-long Lake Chelan, tucked into the back side of the Cascade Range northeast of Seattle. Chelan is less than a mile wide almost its entire length, and plunges to a depth of 1,486 feet, third deepest in the U.S. Because of its unique position it is set in completely different ecosystems at each end — montane at its northwestern inlet, arid shrub-steppe at the opposite. The quiet valley at the far end, Stehekin, is a lovely vacation retreat that can be reached only by ferry or floatplane. local.msn/outdoors/most-beautiful-lakes-1
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:30:28 +0000
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