Did you know an Alaska lake may have a sea monster?

Iliamna Lake is the largest lake in Alaska and the third largest lake entirely within the United States. Iliamna Lake is about 77 miles long and about 28 miles wide at close to 990 feet deep. The lake drains into Bristol Bay.
(Photo By Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA - https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78099037)

Iliamna Lake Bracelet is crafted with Lapis Lazuli beads and and brass accent beads.

Story Time: Not near as well known as The Loch Ness Monster, Lake Iliamna has its own monster history. Over the years, legend has it that a monster exists in the lake. According to G.C. Martin, of the United States Geological Survey, Iliamna is said to be "the name of a mythical great blackfish supposed to inhabit this lake, which bites holes in the bidarkas [or an Aleutian kayak] of bad natives." [ref: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iliamna Lake]

 

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