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thumb Cropley Lake is an alpine lake in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Located on Douglas Island, it is southwest of Table Top Mountain, and southwest of the city of Juneau. Cropley Lake is the source of Fish Creek.〔(USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Fish Creek )〕 ==History== It is named after Isaac Cropley, a miner who worked in the Juneau area from around 1887 until his death in 1913. The name was collected by the United States Geological Survey between 1976 and 1981, and entered into the Geographic Names Information System on March 31, 1981.〔(USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Cropley Lake )〕〔DeArmond, Robert. ''Some Names Around Juneau''. Sitka Press. 1957.〕 In 1975, the Juneau Lions Club built a trail from the Eaglecrest Ski Area to the lake. It was used actively for about ten years, but a lack of maintenance cause the trail to become overgrown.〔Kelley, Tim. (Juneau Lions Club - Cropley Lake Trail ). Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project. Accessed July 11, 2010.〕 The trail was between long.〔DuFresne, Jim. ''Alaska: A Travel Survival Kit''. Lonely Planet. 1994.〕〔Barrett, Pam. ''Alaska''. Insight Guides, Langenscheidt. 2002.〕 On June 7, 2010, the Juneau Assembly was to appropriate a $133,180 grant from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources to fund improvements to a nearby trail from the Eaglecrest lodge to a bridge over Fish Creek. Excess funds were to be used to build a new trail to Cropley Lake.〔(Juneau Daily News Latest Edition ). Alaska Juneau Communications - KINY Radio. June 7, 2010. Accessed July 11, 2010.〕 Planned improvements to the Eaglecrest Ski Area include a day-use cabin at Cropley Lake. In the 1990s, the ski area used about of water from the lake every day and a total of about per year. The water is used for hydroelectric power generation.〔Ireland, Roy, and Mauer, Mary A. Alaska Department of Natural Resources. December 1995. Accessed July 11, 2010.〕 Skiers have had some close run-ins with avalanches near the lake, including in 1987 and on March 1, 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cropley Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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