What is "howard lake"

Howard Lake or Lake Howard may refer to:

• Howard Lake (Mendocino County), California, United States
• Howard Lake (central Mendocino County), California, United States
• Howard Lake (Northwest Territories), Canada
• Howard Lake (British Columbia), Canada
• Lake Howard (Winter Haven, Florida)
• Howard Lake (Cook County, Minnesota)
• Howard Lake, in Scott County, Minnesota, United States
• Howard Lake (Wright County, Minnesota)

Howard Lake is a lake in British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 50 km northeast of 100 Mile House.

Howard Lake is a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Howard Lake is a natural lake in northwestern Mendocino County, California, located in the Mendocino National Forest at an elevation of . It covers an area of . The lake hosts a small campground and is a popular primitive camping experience. In some years, the U.S. Forest Service stocks the lake with rainbow trout.

Howard Lake should not be confused with the lake of the same name located to the southwest.

Howard Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States.

Howard Lake was named for a local mining prospector.

Howard Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Howard Lake was named for John Howard (prison reformer) (1726–1790), an English prison reformer of the 18th century.

Howard Lake, a 15-acre lake, and its associated 3-mile stream, Howard Creek, are located in the Stehekin River Valley in Washington State’s Cascade Mountain Range. They are both within the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, a part of both the North Cascades National Park Complex and the Stephen Mather Wilderness. Howard Lake is located at Latitude +48.3886007 and Longitude -120.8334497.

The lake and creek are named after Wilson Howard, a black prospector who staked gold-mining claims and lived by the lake around 1891 and 1892. Howard was one of only two Black miners in the North Cascades during that period.

Beginning shortly after 1900, the local residents of the Stehekin Valley began calling the lake “Coon Lake,” widely seen as a pejorative slur against Mr. Howard. The lake and creek retained the “Coon” names until the early 21st Century. In 2007, Washington State changed the names to “Howard Lake” and “Howard Creek,” but the U.S. government, which administers the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area in which the lake and creek are located, refused to concur. For several years, state maps referred to the geographic features with the “Howard” name, while federal maps, trail signs and tourist information retained the “Coon” name. In 2015, following a concerted effort by citizens and elected officials, the federal government agreed to drop the “Coon” name and adopt “Howard.”