Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
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courtesy of the National Park Service |
Contact Information:
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
c/o North Cascades National Park
810 State Route 20
Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
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Golden West Visitor Center
Lake Chelan NRA, PO Box 7
Stehekin, 98852
360-856-5700
http://www.nps.gov/lach/
Size: 61,947 acres.
Location: Lake Chelan National Recreation Area is located 50 miles uplake from Chelan, Washington. Accessible year-round by passenger ferry or float-plane; there are no road connections between Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the outside. There are a number of trails available for hiking to the area in the summer.
Description: Here the beautiful Stehekin Valley, with a portion of fjordlike Lake Chelan, adjoins the southern unit of North Cascades National Park. Lake Chelan rests in a trough carved by glaciers, and with a depth of nearly 1,500 feet, is one of the nation's deepest lakes.
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Lake Chelan National Recreation Area courtesy of the National Park Service |
History: Established on October 2, 1968.
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