Casting Shadows
by Sylvia Cook
Title
Casting Shadows
Artist
Sylvia Cook
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This photo was taken of Lake Chelan, a narrow, 55-mile-long lake in Chelan County, northern Washington state. It is the largest natural lake in the state.
Fed by streams from the Cascade Range and the Chelan Mountains, Lake Chelan has a maximum depth of 1,486 ft, making it the third deepest lake in the country and the 26th deepest in the world. The surface of the lake is 1,098 above sea level, while the average width of the lake is one mile.
Located about 200 miles east of Seattle, Chelan (Sha-LAN) is more like two lakes than one. At its lower end around Chelan�a classic American small town�the lake is cradled by broad semiarid slopes dotted with orchards, farms, and vineyards. During the perpetually sunny summer, lake dwellers can paddleboard or water-ski, get a bird�s-eye view while parasailing, play a round of golf, or swim in water that may reach into the 70s. Shave ice from the stand near Lakeside Park is de rigueur.
But farther up the lake, Chelan becomes the domain of hikers, campers, and anglers as you pass through fjord-like gorges and into the heart of the rugged Cascade Mountains. Deep forests cloak the land, and in the distance snowy, 9,000-foot peaks bristle against an intensely blue sky. Some of the ferry passengers will overnight at Stehekin and later hike the trails, raft the rivers, or climb the summits of the 61,958-acre Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. But even for those who return the same day to the gentler summertime pleasures of the lower lake, a memory of this stirring, natural grandeur will likely last a long time.
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June 26th, 2013
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