Lake Crescent
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According to Native American legend, Mount Storm King once became so fed up with the fighting between the Clallams and Quileutes that he broke a rock off his head and threw it down at the warring tribes. The scientific view of the Lake Crescent’s origin isn’t much different; it’s attributed to ancient landslides that divided a glacial lake into two large sections (Lake Crescent and Lake Sutherland), sending water from Lake Crescent out the Lyre River.
However you look at it, Lake Crescent is an azure jewel set amid the emerald forests.
© Ericka Chickowski from Moon Washington, 8th edition
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