Squaw Lake (New York)

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Squaw Lake
Squaw lake south of Inlet, NY.jpg
Squaw Lake in 2012
Squaw Lake is located in New York Adirondack Park
Squaw Lake
Squaw Lake
Location within New York
LocationHamilton County, New York,
United States
Coordinates43°38′00″N 74°44′21″W / 43.6333110°N 74.7390784°W / 43.6333110; -74.7390784Coordinates: 43°38′00″N 74°44′21″W / 43.6333110°N 74.7390784°W / 43.6333110; -74.7390784[1]
TypeLake
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area101 acres (0.41 km2)[1]
Average depth10 feet (3.0 m)
Max. depth22 feet (6.7 m)[2]
Shore length12.5 miles (4.0 km)
Surface elevation2,119 feet (646 m)[1]
Islands4
SettlementsInlet, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Squaw Lake is a lake located south of Inlet, New York. Fish species present in the lake are brook trout, white sucker, and black bullhead. Access by carry down on the east shore.[3] The name is controversial because squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for indigenous North American women.[4][5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Squaw Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Squaw Lake". dec.ny.gov. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ Sportsman's Connection (Firm) (2011-01-01), Central Southeastern Adirondacks New York fishing map guide: includes lakes & streams for the following counties: Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington., Sportsman's Connection, ISBN 9781885010667, OCLC 61449593
  4. ^ National Museum of the American Indian (2007). Do All Indians Live in Tipis?. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-115301-3.
  5. ^ Schulman, Susan (16 Jan 2015). "Squaw Island to be renamed 'Deyowenoguhdoh'". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 14 April 2019. The proposed name change comes at the request of Native Americans, who say the word "squaw" is a racist, sexist term
  6. ^ Arlene B. Hirschfelder; Paulette Fairbanks Molin (2012). The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists. Scarecrow. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8108-7709-2.
  7. ^ King, C. Richard, "De/Scribing Squ*w: Indigenous Women and Imperial Idioms in the United States" in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v27 n2 p1-16 2003. Accessed Oct. 9, 2015
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