List of lakes named after people

This is a list of lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.

Lake or reservoir Location Country/continent Eponym
Boone LakeTennesseeUnited StatesDaniel Boone
Bowhay LakeAlbertaCanadaSamuel L. Bowhay[1]
Burnaby LakeBritish ColumbiaCanadaRobert Burnaby
Capilano LakeBritish ColumbiaCanadaJoe Capilano
Cass LakeMichiganUnited StatesLewis Cass
Cass LakeMinnesotaUnited StatesLewis Cass
Cordell Hull LakeTennesseeUnited StatesCordell Hull
Garibaldi LakeBritish ColumbiaCanadaGiuseppe Garibaldi
Glenn Cunningham LakeNebraskaUnited StatesGlenn C. Cunningham
King George V ReservoirEnglandUnited KingdomGeorge V of the United Kingdom
King George VI ReservoirEnglandUnited KingdomGeorge VI of the United Kingdom
Lac Saint-JeanQuebecCanadaJean de Quen
Lake AlbertUganda-Democratic Republic of the CongoPrince Albert
Lake AmadeusNorthern TerritoryAustraliaAmadeo I of Spain
Lake BarkleyKentuckyUnited StatesAlben Barkley
Lake BrunnerSouth IslandNew ZealandThomas Brunner
Lake Burley GriffinCanberraAustraliaBurley Griffin
Lake BurtonGeorgiaUnited StatesJeremiah Burton
Lake CalhounMinnesotaUnited StatesJohn C. Calhoun
Lake CarnegieNew JerseyUnited StatesAndrew Carnegie
Lake FlanniganKing IslandTasmania, AustraliaMichael John Flannigan
Lake Francis CaseSouth DakotaUnited StatesFrancis H. Case
Lake ChamplainUnited States-CanadaSamuel de Champlain
Lake Pueyrredón/CochraneSouth AmericaChile-ArgentinaThomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (Chile)
Lake Stanley DraperOklahomaUnited StatesStanley draper
Lake DrummondVirginiaUnited StatesWilliam Drummond
Lake EdwardUganda-Democratic Republic of the CongoEdward VII of the United Kingdom
Lake GeorgeMinnesotaUnited StatesGeorge Arbuckle, surveyor
Lake GeorgeFloridaUnited StatesGeorge III of the United Kingdom
Lake GeorgeNew YorkUnited StatesGeorge II of Great Britain
Lake GeorgeUgandaGeorge V of the United Kingdom
Lake GeorgeNew South WalesAustraliaGeorge III of the United Kingdom
Lake Buenos Aires/General CarreraSouth AmericaChile-ArgentinaJosé Miguel Carrera (Chile)
Lake Giulietti/Lake AfreraEthiopiaGiuseppe Maria Giulietti
Lake GunnSouth IslandNew ZealandDavy Gunn, a pioneer of the local tramping tourism industry
Lake HarrietMinnesotaUnited StatesHarriet Lovejoy
Lake HayesSouth IslandNew ZealandD. Hay rather than Captain "Bully" Hayes
Lake HermanSouth DakotaUnited StatesHerman Luce
Lake HoareVictoria LandAntarcticaR.A. Hoare, physicist
Lake W. R. HolwayOklahomaUnited StatesW. R. Holway
Robert S. Kerr ReservoirOklahomaUnited StatesSenator Robert S. Kerr
Lake LanierGeorgiaUnited StatesSidney Lanier
Lake Lyndon B. JohnsonTexasUnited StatesLyndon B. Johnson
Lake MahinerangiSouth IslandNew ZealandOlive Mahinerangi Barnett, daughter of William Barnett, mayor of Dunedin (1911–1912)
Lake MauryVirginiaUnited StatesMatthew Fontaine Maury
Lake MeadNevada-ArizonaUnited StatesElwood Mead
Lake MuhlenbergPennsylvaniaUnited StatesHenry Muhlenberg
Lake NasserNorth AfricaEgypt-SudanGamal Abdel Nasser
Lake OverholserOklahomaUnited StatesEd Overholser, Mayor of Oklahoma City
Lake Pat CleburneTexasUnited StatesPatrick Cleburne
Lake Presidente RíosChileJuan Antonio Ríos Morales
Lake PowellUtah-ArizonaUnited StatesJohn Wesley Powell
Lake RhodaColoradoUnited StatesRhoda Krasner
Lake Strom ThurmondGeorgia-South CarolinaUnited StatesStrom Thurmond
Lake VictoriaAfricaQueen Victoria
Lake WashingtonWashingtonUnited StatesGeorge Washington
Nordenskjöld LakeChileOtto Nordenskiöld
Norris LakeTennesseeUnited StatesGeorge Norris
Lake O'Higgins/San MartínChile-ArgentinaBernardo O'Higgins (Chile) / José de San Martín (Argentina)
Percy Priest LakeTennesseeUnited StatesPercy Priest
Queen Elizabeth II ReservoirEnglandUnited KingdomElizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Queen Mary ReservoirEnglandUnited KingdomMary of Teck[2]
Queen Mother ReservoirEnglandUnited KingdomQueen Elizabeth The Queen Mother[3]
Raymond Gary LakeOklahomaUnited StatesRaymond Gary
Richard B. Russell LakeGeorgia-South CarolinaUnited StatesRichard Brevard Russell, Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt LakeArizonaUnited StatesTheodore Roosevelt
Toews LakeManitobaCanadaJonathan Toews
Walter F. George LakeAlabama-GeorgiaUnited StatesWalter F. George
Waughop LakeWashingtonUnited StatesJohn Wesley Waughop, former superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane
Wes Watkins ReservoirOklahomaUnited StatesCongressman Wes Watkins
WolfgangseeSalzkammergutAustriaWolfgang of Regensburg

Former names

See also

References

  1. ↑ Three Hills Rural Community Group (1970). As the years go by... (Volume 1 ed.). Three Hills, Alberta, Canada: D.W. Friesen and Sons Ltd. p. 223. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "History of the Queen Mary Reservoir - Village Matters". Village Matters. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Queen Mother Reservoir - some aspects of its design and construction" (PDF). geplus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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