List of lakes named after people

This is a list of notable lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.

Lake or reservoir	Location	Country/continent	Eponym
Boone Lake	Tennessee	United States	Daniel Boone^{[citation needed]}
Burnaby Lake	British Columbia	Canada	Robert Burnaby^{[citation needed]}
Capilano Lake	British Columbia	Canada	Joe Capilano^{[citation needed]}
Cass Lake	Michigan	United States	Lewis Cass^[1]
Cass Lake	Minnesota	United States	Lewis Cass^{[citation needed]}
Cordell Hull Lake	Tennessee	United States	Cordell Hull^{[citation needed]}
Elvis Presley Lake	Mississippi	United States	Elvis Presley^[2]
Lake DeForest	New York	United States	Henry L. deForest, president of Hackensack Water Company^[3]^:195–213
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake	Washington	United States	Franklin Delano Roosevelt^{[citation needed]}
Garibaldi Lake	British Columbia	Canada	Giuseppe Garibaldi^{[citation needed]}
Glenn Cunningham Lake	Nebraska	United States	Glenn C. Cunningham^{[citation needed]}
King George V Reservoir	England	United Kingdom	George V of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
King George VI Reservoir	England	United Kingdom	George VI of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Lac Saint-Jean	Quebec	Canada	Jean de Quen^{[citation needed]}
Lake Albert		Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo	Prince Albert^{[citation needed]}
Lake Amadeus	Northern Territory	Australia	Amadeo I of Spain^{[citation needed]}
Lake Barkley	Kentucky	United States	Alben Barkley^{[citation needed]}
Lake Brunner	South Island	New Zealand	Thomas Brunner^{[citation needed]}
Lake Burley Griffin	Canberra	Australia	Burley Griffin^[4]
Lake Burton	Georgia	United States	Jeremiah Burton^{[citation needed]}
Lake Carnegie	New Jersey	United States	Andrew Carnegie^{[citation needed]}
Lake Flannigan	King Island	Tasmania, Australia	Michael John Flannigan^{[citation needed]}
Lake Francis Case	South Dakota	United States	Francis H. Case^{[citation needed]}
Lake Champlain		Canada-United States	Samuel de Champlain^{[citation needed]}
Lake Pueyrredón/Cochrane	South America	Chile-Argentina	Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald^{[citation needed]} (Chile)
Lake Stanley Draper	Oklahoma	United States	Stanley draper^{[citation needed]}
Lake Drummond	Virginia	United States	William Drummond^{[citation needed]}
Lake Edward		Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo	Edward VII of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Lake George	Minnesota	United States	George Arbuckle^{[citation needed]}, surveyor
Lake George	Florida	United States	George III of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Lake George	New York	United States	George II of Great Britain^{[citation needed]}
Lake George		Uganda	George V of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Lake George	New South Wales	Australia	George III of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Lake Buenos Aires/General Carrera	South America	Chile-Argentina	José Miguel Carrera^{[citation needed]} (Chile)
Lake Giulietti/Lake Afrera		Ethiopia	Giuseppe Maria Giulietti^{[citation needed]}
Lake Gunn	South Island	New Zealand	Davy Gunn^{[citation needed]}, a pioneer of the local tramping tourism industry
Lake Harriet	Minnesota	United States	Harriet Lovejoy^{[citation needed]}
Lake Hayes	South Island	New Zealand	D. Hay^{[citation needed]} rather than Captain "Bully" Hayes
Lake Herman	South Dakota	United States	Herman Luce^{[citation needed]}
Lake Hoare	Victoria Land	Antarctica	R.A. Hoare^{[citation needed]}, physicist
Lake W. R. Holway	Oklahoma	United States	W. R. Holway^{[citation needed]}
Robert S. Kerr Reservoir	Oklahoma	United States	Senator Robert S. Kerr^{[citation needed]}
Lake Lanier	Georgia	United States	Sidney Lanier^{[citation needed]}
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas	United States	Lyndon B. Johnson^{[citation needed]}
Lake Mahinerangi	South Island	New Zealand	Olive Mahinerangi Barnett, daughter of William Barnett, mayor of Dunedin (1911–1912)^{[citation needed]}
Lake Mead	Nevada-Arizona	United States	Elwood Mead^{[citation needed]}
Lake Muhlenberg	Pennsylvania	United States	Henry Muhlenberg^{[citation needed]}
Lake Nasser	North Africa	Egypt-Sudan	Gamal Abdel Nasser^{[citation needed]}
Lake Overholser	Oklahoma	United States	Ed Overholser^{[citation needed]}, Mayor of Oklahoma City
Lake Pat Cleburne	Texas	United States	Patrick Cleburne^{[citation needed]}
Lake Presidente Ríos		Chile	Juan Antonio Ríos Morales^{[citation needed]}
Lake Powell	Utah-Arizona	United States	John Wesley Powell^{[citation needed]}
Lake Rhoda	Colorado	United States	Rhoda Krasner^{[citation needed]}
Lake Simcoe	Ontario	Canada	John Simcoe^[5]
Lake Strom Thurmond	Georgia-South Carolina	United States	Strom Thurmond^{[citation needed]}
Lake Victoria		Africa	Queen Victoria^{[citation needed]}
Lake Washington	Washington	United States	George Washington^{[citation needed]}
Mark Twain Lake	Missouri	United States	Mark Twain^{[citation needed]}
Nordenskjöld Lake		Chile	Otto Nordenskiöld^{[citation needed]}
Norris Lake	Tennessee	United States	George Norris
Lake O'Higgins/San Martín		Chile-Argentina	Bernardo O'Higgins^{[citation needed]} (Chile) / José de San Martín^{[citation needed]} (Argentina)
Percy Priest Lake	Tennessee	United States	Percy Priest^{[citation needed]}
Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir	England	United Kingdom	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
Queen Mary Reservoir	England	United Kingdom	Mary of Teck^[6]
Queen Mother Reservoir	England	United Kingdom	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother^[7]
Raymond Gary Lake	Oklahoma	United States	Raymond Gary^{[citation needed]}
Richard B. Russell Lake	Georgia-South Carolina	United States	Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.^{[citation needed]}
St. John's Lough	County Leitrim	Ireland	John the Baptist^{[citation needed]}
Theodore Roosevelt Lake	Arizona	United States	Theodore Roosevelt^{[citation needed]}
Toews Lake	Manitoba	Canada	Jonathan Toews^{[citation needed]}
Walter F. George Lake	Alabama-Georgia	United States	Walter F. George^{[citation needed]}
Waughop Lake	Washington	United States	John Wesley Waughop^{[citation needed]}, former superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane
Wes Watkins Reservoir	Oklahoma	United States	Congressman Wes Watkins^{[citation needed]}
Wolfgangsee	Salzkammergut	Austria	Wolfgang of Regensburg^{[citation needed]}

Former names[edit]

Hitlersee - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
Lake Margherita - now Lake Abaya, Ethiopia - named after Margherita of Savoy^{[citation needed]}, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
Lake Maury - now The Mariners' Lake, Virginia, United States - named after Matthew Fontaine Maury^{[citation needed]}
Lake Rudolf - now Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria^{[citation needed]}
Lake Calhoun - now Bde Maka Ska, Minnesota, United States - named after John C. Calhoun^{[citation needed]}, former Vice President of the United States

References[edit]

↑ "Cass Lake, Michigan, USA".
↑ Moore, William (November 22, 2014). "Elvis Presley Lake Open for Business". Daily Journal.
↑ Leiby, Adrian C. (1969), The Hackensack Water Company, 1869-1969, In collaboration with Nancy Wichman, Bergen County Historical Society, ASIN B0006C01Q0, OCLC 13847.
↑ Lake Burley Griffin Fact Sheet, National Capital Authority, retrieved 2 August 2020
↑ "Lake Simcoe Watershed". Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
↑ "History of the Queen Mary Reservoir - Village Matters". Village Matters. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
↑ "The Queen Mother Reservoir - some aspects of its design and construction" (PDF). geplus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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[1] "Cass Lake, Michigan, USA".

[2] Moore, William (November 22, 2014). "Elvis Presley Lake Open for Business". Daily Journal.

[Leiby_1969-3] Leiby, Adrian C. (1969), The Hackensack Water Company, 1869-1969, In collaboration with Nancy Wichman, Bergen County Historical Society, ASIN B0006C01Q0, OCLC 13847.

[4] Lake Burley Griffin Fact Sheet, National Capital Authority, retrieved 2 August 2020

[5] "Lake Simcoe Watershed". Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[6] "History of the Queen Mary Reservoir - Village Matters". Village Matters. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[7] "The Queen Mother Reservoir - some aspects of its design and construction" (PDF). geplus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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