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Lake in Washington state, USA
Anderson Lake
is a 57-acre (23 ha) body of water lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of
Chimacum
in
Jefferson County
,
Washington
. It is located in Section 9, Township 29N, Range 1W. Anderson Lake reaches a depth of 29 feet (8.8 m) at its deepest point and has a water volume of 1,228 acre-feet (1,515,000 m
3
). The lake drains into Chimacum Creek and
Port Townsend Bay
.
[2]
It is surrounded by
Anderson Lake State Park
. The lake's fish population includes lake-reared
rainbow trout
, that carry over to a second season from the initial spring fishery.
[3]
Toxic algae has caused the lake to be closed to all access on multiple occasions.
[4]
The lake has annual
cyanobacteria
blooms dominated by
dolichospermum (anabaena)
,
aphanizomenon
and
microcystis
. It is a major producer of
anatoxin-a
, a potent
neurotoxin
.
[5]
County health officials have monitored local lakes for blue-green algae seasonally since 2007.
[6]
History
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The lake was held in private hands until it was purchased by the
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
in 1969. The lake bears the family name of an earlier owner, Amanda Anderson.
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References
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a
b
"Anderson Lake"
.
Geographic Names Information System
.
United States Geological Survey
,
United States Department of the Interior
.
- ^
Ernest E. Wolcott (1973).
"Lakes of Washington, Volume 1, Western Washington"
(PDF)
(3 ed.). Washington Department of Ecology. pp. 80?81
. Retrieved
November 7,
2018
.
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"Anderson Lake"
. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
. Retrieved
June 25,
2020
.
- ^
"Lake Status: Toxic Algae Monitoring"
. Jefferson County Public Health
. Retrieved
November 7,
2018
.
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"Anderson Lake Management Plan"
. Jefferson County Public Health
. Retrieved
November 7,
2018
.
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"Algae blooms continue but toxins decline in Jefferson County lakes"
.
Peninsula Daily News
. January 29, 2018
. Retrieved
November 7,
2018
.
- ^
"Anderson Lake State Park"
. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
. Retrieved
November 7,
2018
.
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