Arbuthnot Lake

Arbuthnot Lake
Location	Mount Baker Wilderness, Whatcom County, Washington
Group	Galena Chain Lakes
Coordinates	48°51′33″N 121°43′23″W / 48.8591810°N 121.7230220°WCoordinates: 48°51′33″N 121°43′23″W / 48.8591810°N 121.7230220°W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	5.0 acres (2.0 ha) [1]
Surface elevation	4,800 ft (1,500 m) [1]
References	[1][2]

Arbuthnot Lake,^[1][3] Arbuthnet Lake, or Lower Chain Lake^[2][4][5] is a lake in the Mount Baker Wilderness Area, in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is one of the Galena Chain lakes. At one end of the lake is "Arbuthnot Falls".

“Arbuthnot was suggested 1906 as an appropriate name for the fourth lake, after James Arbuthnot, of Arbuthnot and Davis the two miners who tunnelled through the ridge between it and Natatorium Lake and with 52 sticks of giant powder blew out the face of the tunnel and lowered the surface of Natatorium 9 feet by drawing off the water through this drainage tube, for the purpose of exposing a vein of ore just in the edge of the lake.”^[6]

References

1. Part 16: Whatcom County (PDF) in "Lakes of Washington, Volume 1", Water Supply Bulletin 14 (1973) p. 551
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arbuthnet Lake
3. Moore, John E. (2007). A Fisherman's Guide to Selected High Lakes of Northwest Washington. pp. 18–22. ISBN 1-59858-312-3.
4. Spring, Vicky; Tom Kirkendall (1998). An Outdoor Family Guide to Washington's National Parks and Monument (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers. p. 35. ISBN 0-89886-552-2.
5. Molvar, Erik (1998). Hiking the North Cascades. Falcon Publishing Inc. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-56044-596-8.
6. Mt. Baker: Stories, Legends and Explorations. Whatcom Museum of History & Art. 1999. ISBN 978-0-938506-06-5.

Further reading

• Moore, John E. (2007). "Arbuthnot Lake". A Fisherman's Guide to Selected High Lakes of Northwest Washington. pp. 18–22. ISBN 1-59858-312-3.