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Ross Lake

reservoir in Washington state, United States of America and British Columbia, Canada
Lake Reservoir Q7885607

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
reservoir, lake[7]

Location

Country
Canada, United States[5][6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 48.814°, -121.038°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Washington, British Columbia, Whatcom County, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia[1][2][3][4]

Population and size

Area
+11700[12]
Elevation above sea level
+489[11]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 489 m GeoNames 466 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Length
+37[10]
More facts +8
Drainage basin
Skagit River Basin[17]
Impounded by
Ross Dam[18]
Inflows
Skagit River[8]
Located in protected area
Ross Lake National Recreation Area[15]
Outflows
Skagit River[9]
Vertical depth
+540[16]
Volume as quantity
+1435000[14]
Width
+2.5[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ross Lake en Ruby Lake en Ruby Reservoir fr lac Ross fr Ross Lake it Lago Ross ru Росс
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ross Lake morning.jpg ↗
BC Geographical Names ID
21852
CGNDB unique ID
JBMYC
Freebase ID
/m/03j4wl
GNIS Feature ID
1525222
GeoNames ID
5808857, 6127938

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Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Washington, British Columbia, Whatcom County, Fraser Valley Regional District
Country 2
United States, Canada
Instance of 2
lake, reservoir
Impounded by 1
Ross Dam
Inflows 1
Skagit River
Located in protected area 1
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Named after 1
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Outflows 1
Skagit River
← Lake on watercourse 1
Skagit River
← Reservoir created 1
Ross Dam
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Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ross Lake include Ross Lake National Recreation Area[19], a National Recreation Area[20], in United States[21], founded in 1968[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Ross Lake include Ross Lake National Recreation Area[19], a National Recreation Area[20], in United States[21], founded in 1968[22].

Related Entities

Canada United States Washington

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Feedmepaperr · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → 11,700 acre
    "Created claim: Area: 11,700 acre"
  2. 16w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → reservoir, lake
    Outflows → Skagit River
    Width → 2.5 kilometre
    Elevation above sea level → 489 metre
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #42652: (removed P3831 qualifier from P131 where equal to object's P31)"
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