Osoyoos Lake
Osoyoos Lake is a lake located in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States. Osoyoos is derived from the word sẁiẁs meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local Okanagan language.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Washington state, United States of America and British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Forks Lake”, “Osooyos Lake”, and “Osoyos Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorothy Scott Airport and Hot Lake.
Dorothy Scott Airport
Aerodrome
Dorothy Scott Airport is a public international airport in Oroville, Washington, United States—a city in the Okanogan region—that was opened in August 1937. Dorothy Scott Airport is situated 1½ miles southeast of Osoyoos Lake.
Hot Lake
Hot Lake is a hypersaline, meromictic lake located in extreme northern Okanogan County, Washington near Oroville, Washington. Occupying a small, glacially-carved basin surrounded by mafic magnesian rocks, dolomites, and shales containing deposits of pyrite and pyrrhotite minerals, Hot Lake is unusual among hypersaline lakes in that it is dominated by magnesium and sulfate as its major ions. Hot Lake is situated 2 miles west of Osoyoos Lake.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oroville and Osoyoos.
Oroville
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Oroville a city of about 1,800 people in the North Central Cascades of Washington State, on the south end of Lake Osoyoos.
Osoyoos
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Osoyoos, is a town in the southern Okanagan valley of British Columbia that is a popular summer holiday destination. The town has about 5100 permanent residents.
Osoyoos Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Okanogan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Osoyoos Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Osoyoos Lake (lanaw sa Canada)”
- Cebuano: “Osoyoos Lake”
- Czech: “Jezero Osoyoos”
- Czech: “Osoyoos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اوسويوس”
- French: “lac Osoyoos”
- French: “Lac Osoyoos”
- German: “Osoyoos Lake”
- Slovenian: “Osoyoos Lake”
- Spanish: “lago Osoyoos”
- Spanish: “Lago Osoyoos”
- Swedish: “Osoyoos Lake”
- “Osoyoos”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Smith Point and Boundary Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scott Seaplane Anchorage and Grubbs Cove.
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