Clendinning Lake is a medium sized, very remote
lake
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located in the
Clendinning Range about 98.5 km northwest of
Squamish. It is the source of
Clendinning Creek
Clendinning Creek is a river in British Columbia. It is the largest tributary of the Elaho River. It is located entirely within Clendinning Provincial Park.
Clendinning Creek is one of two popular whitewater kayak multi day trips in South Wes ...
, a major tributary of the
Elaho River.
Stature
Oddly enough, most of the lake isn't within
Clendinning Provincial Park. Only the very northernmost section (which includes the lake outlet) is within the park. About 3.1 km long and 0.5 wide, the only thing that feeds the lake is the Clendinning Glacier, which is located at its far, southern end. The lake outlet is located at the near, southern end. Rising above its east shore is Frontline Mountain and situated on a ridge above the west shore of the lake is the Doolittle Glacier.
Access
Accessing the lake is very difficult, as it requires one to make a minimum 2-3 day trek up the Clendinning Creek Valley. There is no trail and much of the trip requires bushwhacking. Fording icy Clendinning Creek at least once would be an almost certainty, and it may also be needed to ford Wave Creek near its confluence with Clendinning Creek as well.
See also
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List of lakes of British Columbia
This is an incomplete list of lakes of British Columbia, a province of Canada.
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References
Lakes of British Columbia
Lillooet Land District
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