Authors

John Muir

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Kimes Entry Number

085

Original Date

1-1-1879

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

""Among all the unlooked for treasure bound up and hidden away in the Alpine solitudes of the Sierra, none so surely charm and surprise all kinds of travelers as the glacial lakes."" In this discussion of the formation and length of life of glacial lakes, numerous delightfully descriptive examples are given.

Publication

Scribner's Monthly, v. 17, no. 3

Page/Column

pp. 411-420

The Mountain Lakes of California.

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