great salt lake

     

Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison

Trivia about great salt lake

  • Brine flies & brine shrimp are the only creatures that thrive in this body of water near Utah's capital
  • You'll find this "Great" 1,700-square-mile body of water in northwest Utah
  • This lake in the Western U.S. has a specific gravity that is 10-22% higher than that of fresh water
  • Fur trader James Bridger was the first non-native to visit this saline lake
  • The largest lake in the western U.S., it's fed by freshwater streams but has a heavy saline content
  • It's the largest lake in Utah
  • The marine life in this U.S. lake is pretty thin: Colonial Algae & Brine Shrimp
  • Over 500 bison live in the Bison Refuge on Antelope Island in this Utah lake
  • Ogden is very close to this, the largest U.S. body of water between the Great Lakes and the Pacific
  • Due to evaporation, the area of this largest Utah lake varies from year to year
  • Originally called Church Island, Antelope Island is the largest island in this lake
  • In late 1824 fur trapper & scout Jim Bridger became the first white man to see this lake in the west
  • It's the USA's largest lake west of the Rockies
  • 3 streams, the Jordan, Bear & Weber, flow in, but there are no streams that empty this large U.S. lake
  • Some islands in this Utah lake are waterfowl breeding grounds; Antelope Island is used for grazing cattle
  • In 1843 John C. Fremont & Kit Carson visited what's now Fremont Island in this large body of water
  • The Lucin cutoff, built across this lake, provided a rail link between Lucin & Ogden

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