Fargher Lake | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Washington#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Washington |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Washington |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 679 |
Coordinates: | 45.8883°N -122.5142°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Area Code: | 360 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1504828 |
Fargher Lake is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington, United States. The community located approxiamately 7miles northwest from the town of Yacolt.
The settlement, as well as a former lake located nearby, both share the name "Fargher Lake".
The lake was originally named Hard Hack Swamp. Brothers Arthur Wellesly, Fredrick Daniel and Horatio Albert Fargher emigrated in the 1870s from their birthland, the Isle of Man, and settled for a while near the lake.
The lake and surrounding area was renamed Fargher Lake. The water was drained sometime during the early 1960s[1] and the lake bed was then used for farming. In the 21st century, the lake bed contains blueberry fields.