Spirit Lake

American  

noun

1. a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.

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Example Sentences

Indian will retain its manufacturing facilities in Spirit Lake, Iowa, and Monticello, Minn., and former Harley executive Mike Kennedy will be the company’s CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Programs like ours at Spirit Lake Nation have been told mid-July should be when normal deliveries resume, but currently some Tribes haven’t heard from the delivery vendor in days. It is difficult to distribute foods on the reservation if you can’t tell your Tribal warehouse staff when the delivery truck will be there.”

From Salon

A number of trails in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument will be closed on weekdays through 2027, as crews update the tunnel at Spirit Lake near the site of the 1980 eruption.

From Seattle Times

When Mount St. Helens erupted, debris blocked the historic outflow of Spirit Lake, raising the water level 200 feet.

From Seattle Times

A landslide took out a portion of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway and the only access to the U.S.

From Seattle Times