




Lake Pend Oreille
Idaho's biggest lake and one of the deepest in the country — the Navy tests submarines here.
- 192 ft · first step
- 383 ft
- 574 ft
- 766 ft
- 957 ft
- 1150 ft · bottom
About Lake Pend Oreille
Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho panhandle is 43 miles long and 1,150 feet deep, the fifth-deepest lake in the United States, which is why the Navy has run acoustic research and quiet-submarine testing at Bayview since the Second World War. The name is French for 'ear pendant', from the shell ornaments of the Kalispel people.
Sandpoint sits at the north end under Schweitzer Mountain, with the Long Bridge carrying US-95 across the lake; Hope, Bayview and Garfield Bay are the smaller shore communities. The lake trout and Kamloops rainbows here run to record size.
- 24 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 3,513 roads engraved around the shore, 5 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
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