Elbow Lake, Ferry County, Washington

Photo Oct 1987

• T34N R36E Sec. 1, 12B

• T34N R36E sec. 6, 7

• Elevation 2150 ft. msl (655.3m msl)

• Surface areas 51.2 acres (20.7 ha)

• Maximum depth 9.8 ft (3m)

• Watershed -- Inchelium

  GENERAL DESCRIPTION

  Elbow Lake is north of Inchelium between Onion Ridge and Dollar Mountain in the Inchelium drainage. The lake, also known as Ghost Lake and Horseshoe Lake, is a narrow, hook-shaped lake about 7000 feet long, fed by Onion Creek and drained southeasterly to Barnaby Creek. The lake occasionally dries. Vegetation surrounding the lake includes Larix occidentalis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pinus ponderosa, and Populus sp. (purslane).The aquatic macrophytes consisted of Myriophyllum exalbescens, the dominant species, Ranunculus aquatilus var. capillaceus, and Eleocharis acicularis. Potamogeton sp. and Chara sp. were scattered. Eleocharis acicularis occured along the shoreline, extending into shallow water