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- According to OpenStreetMap, the lake is directly surrounded on three sides of Camas, Washington.
- The north side of the lake borders Camp Currie, a Clark County-owned park property.
- Lacamas Lake (OregonHikers.org)
Lacamas Lake, along with its neighbor, Round Lake, fills a depression carved by the ice age Bretz (Missoula) Floods at the end of the last ice age. Even though the lake is 180 feet above the Columbia River channel down which the floods roared, the roiling spate was deeper than that and cut across the landscape here to create a new channel. In the 1880s, two dams were built at Round Lake, which also raised the water level in Lacamas Lake. A few years later, a ditch was dug, using Chinese workers, to channel water from the lake to the Camas paper mill. In the decades that followed, further improvements were made to this system which fed the water needs of the paper mill.
- Lacamas Heritage Trail Hike (OregonHikers.org)
This wide, flat trail, which runs along one shore of Lacamas Lake, attracts lots of joggers, walkers, and cyclists on nice days. There are a number of interpretive signs along the trail. This hike can be done all year, but the best times are when water levels are high. Native wildflowers bloom in profusion along the trail in spring. In late summer, after water levels on the lake drop, there can be a slightly unpleasant odor from the mudflats. For a longer day, you can connect with the trails in Lacamas Park (the Round Lake Loop Hike and the Lacamas Creek Hike) as well as the Washougal River Greenway Loop Hike. On a nice day, you’ll encounter a fair number of joggers, walkers, and cyclists on this trail.
- Lacamas Lake (wa100.dnr.wa.gov)
Lakes, streams, and waterfalls greet visitors at Lacamas Park, sparkling amidst flower-filled camas lily meadows that draw photographers every April. Lacamas Lake sits on the eastern edge of the Portland basin, just a 20-minute drive from downtown Vancouver, WA. It is part of a regional county park that includes other smaller lakes such as Round Lake and Fallen Leaf Lake. Take a leisurely stroll along Lacamas Creek or the Heritage Trail to catch views across the lake while you stretch your legs. Examine curious geologic features such as potholes at Pothole Falls and Lower Falls. Wildlife is abundant here too—you may be able to catch a glimpse of deer, ospreys, bald eagles, or beavers, just to name a few. Bass, bluegill, and perch make Round Lake a great fishing spot. Bring the whole family and have a picnic or cookout in one of the park’s many picnic tables or shelters.
- Lacamas Lake (Wikipedia)
Lacamas Lake is a small lake in Clark County, Washington. It is a popular place to fish and water ski for locals from Vancouver, Camas and Washougal. It connects to Round Lake via a channel that runs under the SR 500 bridge on the southeast side of the lake. In the 1990s many high tech manufacturing plants and expensive housing developments began to appear in the area around the lake. The lake is very warm compared to other lakes in the area and the temperature can drop off quickly with depth. As it is now, the 60-foot-deep (18 m) lake cannot support life below about 18 ft (5.5 m) (see Dead Zone). The Georgia-Pacific Mill in Camas used to draw water from the lake to support its operations; however, Georgia-Pacific donated the two dams on Round Lake to the City of Camas in 2018.