Squaw Lake (California)
Squaw Lake is a small lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, near the John Muir Trail in John Muir Wilderness. It is located west-northwest of Mount Izack Walton and north-northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison. at an altitude of. The outflow of Squaw Lake becomes Fish Creek, which eventually joins the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River. The name is controversial because squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for indigenous North American women.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eating for any fish caught at Squaw Lake due to elevated levels of mercury, PCBs, and selenium.
