Lake Lahontan
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Lake Lahontan was a large endorheic prehistoric lake during the Pleistocene that occupied modern northwestern Nevada and extended into northeastern California and southern Oregon in the United States.
Lake Lahontan lacustrine terraces, May 2010
Extent of prehistoric Lake Lahontan
Louis Armand, Baron de Lahontan was a French aristocrat, writer, and explorer who served in the French military in Canada, where he traveled extensively in the Wisconsin and Minnesota region and the u
Lake Lahontan
…Sacramento River watershed to the west. The lake was named by Clarence King during the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. The name honors Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan, a French soldier and explorer. At its peak approximately 12,700 years ago (during a period known as the Sehoo Highstand), the lake had a surface area…
Beaver illustration from Nouveaux Voyages. "These animals seem to be communicating and reasoning with each other through certain plaintive, inarticulate tones."