quake lake fishing Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/quake-lake-fishing Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:17:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Quake Lake http://travelsfinders.com/quake-lake.html http://travelsfinders.com/quake-lake.html#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:12:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=206782 If you’re entering or leaving the park via the West Entrance, it’s worthwhile to allow time for a visit to Earthquake Lake (often shortened to Quake Lake), northwest of West Yellowstone on U.S. 287. This is the site of the devastating August 17, 1959, earthquake and huge landslide that killed 28 people, most of them campers in a now-buried campground. The landslide, caused by an earthquake of magnitude 7.5, dammed the Madison River, forming the lake. This earthquake affected the geysers in Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin some 35 miles away. Quake Lake was created by a huge landslide. Motel and

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