Lake Clark (

Denaʼina The Denaʼina ( ; Inland Denaʼina: ; Upper Inlet Denaʼina: ; ), or formerly Tanaina (), are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people. They are the original inhabitants of the south central Alaska region ranging from Seldovia in the south to Chick ...

: ''Qizhjeh Vena'') is a lake in southwest

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. It drains through Six Mile Lake and the

Newhalen River The Newhalen River ( Dena'ina: ''Nughiltnu'') is a stream in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Six Mile Lake, the Newhalen flows south to enter Iliamna Lake about south of Iliamna. ''Alaska Fishing'' ...

into

Iliamna Lake Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna ( ; ; ) is a lake in southwest Alaska, at the north end of the Alaska Peninsula, between Kvichak Bay and Cook Inlet, about west of Seldovia, Alaska. It shares a name with the Iliamna River, which flows into it, and th ...

. The lake is about long and about wide. Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post and the first American non-Native to see the lake, when an expedition financed by a weekly magazine reached it in February 1891. The Dena'ina Athabascan name is ''Qizjeh Vena'' which means "place where people gather lake".Branson (2012), p.186 The lake is within

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a List of national parks of the United States, United States national park and National preserve, preserve in southwest Alaska, about southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. The park was first proclai ...

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Clark Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated ...

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