Lacamas Lake
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Lacamas Lake is a small lake in Clark County, Washington. It has been a popular place to fish and water ski for locals from Vancouver and Camas. In the 1990s many high tech manufacturing plants and expensive housing developments began to appear in the area around the lake prompting some to refer to the area around the lake as the Silicon Forest.
Water quality
At the lake's south-east side it connects with Round Lake at the SR 500 bridge. The 43,000 acres (174 km²) around these lakes collect precipitation and form the Lacamas Creek which feeds into both lakes. This area is mostly large open fields and private farm or ranch land. The resulting runoff contains high levels of fertilizers which leads to nutrient abundance in both lakes. This nutrient abundance has caused plant overgrowth and algae problems. Consequently only a few fish species are able to live in either lake. The government considers the lake to be eutrophic.
External links
- Information on government monitoring of the lake (http://www.co.clark.wa.us/water-resources/monitoring/lakemonitor.html)Template:Washington-geo-stub