Brush_Lake_State_Park

Brush Lake State Park

Brush Lake State Park

Park in Montana, USA

Brush Lake State Park is a public recreation area located four miles east of the community of Dagmar, Montana.[3] The park surrounds three sides of the highly alkaline, 280-acre (110 ha), sixty-foot-deep Brush Lake.[4]

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History

Brush Lake became a popular gathering place in the early years of the twentieth century, when residents of the surrounding communities were drawn to its clear, deep, spring-fed waters.[4] Hans Christian Hansen built a summer resort on the lake after filing homesteading papers in 1914. A bar and cafe were added to the site by 1920, with a dance hall added in the 1940s.[5] In 2004, the state purchased 450 acres surrounding the northern half of the lake to create a state park, while the lake's southern portion remained in private hands.[6]

Activities and amenities

The park offers hiking, swimming, picnicking and camping facilities as well as opportunities for boating and canoeing.[3] The lake's high mineral content makes it inhospitable to fish life.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Brush Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. 2014. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Brush Lake State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  4. [4]
    McKean, Andrew (September–October 2005). "Oasis on the Prairie". Montana Outdoors. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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    Aarstad, Rich; et al. (2009). Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780975919613. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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    "Minutes". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. December 15–19, 2004. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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