Lake Fork Gunnison River

Lake Fork Gunnison River[1]
The river in Lake City.
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Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSloan Lake
 • coordinates37°54′16″N 107°30′49″W / 37.90444°N 107.51361°W / 37.90444; -107.51361
 • elevation12,910 ft (3,930 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with Gunnison River
 • coordinates
38°27′38″N 107°19′19″W / 38.46056°N 107.32194°W / 38.46056; -107.32194
 • elevation
7,523 ft (2,293 m)
Basin features
ProgressionGunnisonColorado

Lake Fork Gunnison River (or Lake Fork) is a 64.7-mile-long (104.1 km)[2] tributary of the Gunnison River in Colorado. The river's source is Sloan Lake near Handies Peak in the San Juan Mountains of Hinsdale County. Lake Fork flows through Lake San Cristobal and Lake City before a confluence with the Gunnison River in Blue Mesa Reservoir.

  1. ^ "Lake Fork". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 18, 2011