Places: CA-Ireland

 

Ireland Creek-8,888' (Vogelsang Peak) (7.8254836, -119.2779283)
Legal: T2S, R24E, Sec12

Ireland Lake-10,742' (Vogelsang Peak) (37.7887771, -119.3045414)
Legal: T2S, R24E, Sec1

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

According to GNIS:

• Ireland Creek
• 1931 Decision Card: Named by Lieut Benson for Merritte Weber Ireland , Medical Corps, US Army who was on duty in Yosemite in 1897. 
• Born in Indiana, 1867; M.D., Detroit College of Medicine, 1890; assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 1891; major, Medical Corps, 1903; lieutenant-colonel, 1911; colonel, 1917; major-general (surgeon-general, A.E.F.), August, 1918 surgeon-general, U. S. Army, since October, 1918.From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
• Also known as Mount McClure Fork, Historic Spots in California by Hoover, Mildred B
• Ireland Lake
• 1931 Decision Card: Named by Lieut Benson for Merritte Weber Ireland , Medical Corps, US Army who was on duty in Yosemite in 1897
• Born in Indiana, 1867; M.D., Detroit College of Medicine, 1890; assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, 1891; major, Medical Corps, 1903; lieutenant-colonel, 1911; colonel, 1917; major-general (surgeon-general, A.E.F.), August, 1918 surgeon-general, U. S. Army, since October, 1918.From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
  
• In Yosemite National Park and the Catheral Range, 1.3 km (0.8 mi) north of Persons Peak and 1.6 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Amelia Earhart Peak. (US-T121)

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References:

• Kauskomena blog
• Hike 734 Blog
• Hiking Project
• Hiking Tales
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