Florence Lake-7,333' (Florence Lake) ( 37.2599113, -118.9582855)
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Florence Rock-7,684' (Florence Lake) (37.2510872, -118.9523675)
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Note: There is a Florence Lake in Yosemite. This is not it.
Named in 1896 for Florence Starr, sister of Walter H. Starr, who, with Allen L. Chickering and Theodore S. Solomons, camped here on a trip from Yosemite to Ockenden. (T. S. Solomons.)
The lake, enlarged by a dam, is now a reservoir of the Southern California Edison Company system. From Place Names of the High Sierra by Francis P. Farquhar
From GNIS:
- Florence Lake
- On the South Fork San Joaquin River, 6.4 km (4 mi) southwest of Mount Hooper and 92.8 km (58 mi) northeast of Fresno.
- Also called Lake FLorence
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