Fielding Lake
| Fielding Lake | |
|---|---|
 Survey photograph c. 1910 | |
  Fielding Lake  Fielding Lake | |
| Coordinates | 63°10′22″N 145°40′48″W / 63.17278°N 145.68000°W |
| Primary inflows | 7 small, unnamed creeks |
| Primary outflows | Phelan Creek, north to Delta River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | Alaska Department of Natural Resources/Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
| Max. length | 4 miles (6.4 km) |
| Surface area | 562 hectares (1,390 acres) |
| Max. depth | 75.9 feet (23.1 m) |
| Water volume | 1,731,931,563 cubic feet (49,042,840.4 m3) |
| Shore length1 | 12.6 miles (20.3 km) |
| Surface elevation | 2,972 feet (906 m) |
| Frozen | early autumn through early summer |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Fielding Lake is an Alaskan lake adjacent to the Richardson Highway, two miles (3.2 km) north of Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range.[1][2] As an alpine lake, it freezes early in autumn, and ice can remain on portions of the lake as late as July.[3] The lake has good fishing for grayling, burbot and trout, all of which are native populations and not stocked.[3] The lake bottom is mud and gravel, with heavy vegetation in shallow areas. The area around the lake is described as "barren, rolling tundra".[4] The entirety of the lake itself is public, but some areas of the shore are private property.
Park
[edit]On the north shore of the lake is the Fielding Lake State Recreation Site, a 605-acre (245 ha), largely undeveloped park with a campground, rental cabin, and boat launch. The park and the lake itself are above the tree line and are considered to be under "passive management".[3]