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