Every Lake
Coeur d'Alene Lake
Twenty-five miles of blue water in the Idaho Panhandle, with a floating golf green and wintering eagles.
- 37 ft · first step
- 73 ft
- 110 ft
- 147 ft
- 184 ft
- 220 ft · bottom
About Coeur d'Alene Lake
The lake takes its name from the Coeur d'Alene people — the French traders' name, "heart of an awl," for the sharpness of the tribe's bargaining. Their homeland wrapped the lake and the rivers that feed it, the St. Joe and the Coeur d'Alene, and the tribe still holds the southern third of the lakebed.
The city at the north end was a fort, then a steamboat port for the Silver Valley mines — for a time the busiest steamboat traffic west of the Great Lakes — and then a timber town. The mining left a legacy in the sediment that the lake and the tribe are still managing; the timber money built the lakefront that is now resort and marina.
Winter brings bald eagles by the hundred to Wolf Lodge Bay to feed on spawning kokanee, and summer brings the Ironman and the boats. The Coeur d'Alene Resort's floating green, on the fourteenth hole, is the lake's most photographed square of grass.
- Coeur d'Alene, Harrison, Hayden, Post Falls
- I-90 across the north shore, Highway 97 down the east side
- Wolf Lodge Bay and the St. Joe delta
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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Coeur d'Alene Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Coeur d'Alene Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 37 ft, 73 ft, 110 ft, 147 ft, 184 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 220 ft. The lake covers about 50.9 square miles, and 3434 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Coeur d'Alene Lake map for the wall — or a gift
Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Coeur d'Alene Lake for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Coeur d'Alene Lake.
Coeur d'Alene Lake map — the details
How big is the map?
Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Coeur d'Alene Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Coeur d'Alene Lake is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
Can I add my own place on it?
Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.
How long does it take?
Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.
Can you make a lake that isn't listed?
Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.
- 6 depth layers down to 220 ft
- 50.9 square miles of water
- 3434 shore roads engraved, 2 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
