Lake Sutherland is located on the
Olympic Peninsula
The Olympic Peninsula is a large peninsula in Western Washington that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, and contains Olympic National Park. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the ...
about west of
Port Angeles, Washington
Port Angeles ( ) is a city and county seat of Clallam County, Washington, Clallam County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The population was 19,960 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most populous city in t ...
. The
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
is located just to the east of
Lake Crescent. Lake Sutherland drains into
Indian Creek, which is a tributary of the
Elwha River.
Lake Sutherland is named for the Canadian fur trapper John Sutherland who, with John Everett, explored the lake around 1865.
Lake Sutherland and Indian Creek sustained
anadromous
Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousa ...
fish populations until construction of the
Elwha Dam in 1913 blocked access to the ocean, eliminating several salmon species from Indian Creek and landlocking others.
The lake contains a population of kokanee
sockeye salmon
The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a ...
, which spawn in Lake Sutherland and until
the removal of the Elwha Dam in 2012 migrated to
Lake Aldwell.
Lake Sutherland lies just outside Olympic National Park and is private land. The lake is surrounded by houses.
There is also a reservoir in San Diego County, Situated between Ramona and Julian, with the same name.
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Lakes of Washington (state)
Lakes of Clallam County, Washington
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