| Lyre River | |
|---|---|
 The Lyre River as it flows out of Lake Crescent | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Clallam |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Crescent |
| • location | Olympic National Park |
| • coordinates | 48°5′40″N 123°48′17″W / 48.09444°N 123.80472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 586 ft (179 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Strait of Juan de Fuca |
• coordinates | 48°9′38″N 123°49′43″W / 48.16056°N 123.82861°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 5.2 mi (8.4 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 67.5 sq mi (175 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Shadow[5] |
| • average | 366 cu ft/s (10.4 m3/s)[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | June Creek, Boundary Creek (Lyre River)|Boundary Creek, Susie Creek |
| • right | Nelson Creek (Lyre River)|Nelson Creek |
The Lyre River in the U.S. state of Washington flows out of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park and into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Originally referred to as "singing waters" by the Indians living near it,[6] the river was first named Rio de Cuesta by Europeans in 1790 by Gonzalo López de Haro, but was later called River Lyre after being charted by Captain Henry Kellett in 1847.[7]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lyre River
- ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates.
- ^ [1] Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WRIA 19 Watershed Plan, Chapter 2 (draft), Washington Department of Ecology.
- ^ a b Lyre River near Shadow, stream flow monitoring station 19G070, Washington Department of Ecology. Discharge statistics listed as "estimate".
- ^ Mueller, Marge. North Puget Sound. The Mountaineers Books, 1995. p. 228
- ^ Hitchman, Robert. Place Names of Washington. Washington State Historical Society, 1985. p. 172