
"Chelan" derives from a Chelan Indian word meaning "deep water," likely a reference to 55-mile-long Lake Chelan, the third deepest lake in the country, at 1,486 ft (453 m). Boasting all four seasons,
Carved by glaciers and stretching for more than 50 miles through Washington’s mountains, Lake Chelan drops to about 1,486 feet at its deepest point. For thousands of years it has been part of Indigenous homelands, and by the late 1800s it also became a route for settlers, miners, and remote communities pushing deeper into the North Cascades.
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