[6][7] Archaeological surveying in the area of the Snow Lakes shows evidence that the occupation of indigenous groups dated to at least 12,000 years before the present era.

Klonaqua Lake is within the traditional territory of the Wenatchi People, one of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and within the ceded lands of the Yakama Nation.

[1]: 9  The State Supervisor of Hydraulics issued Permit Number 828 in January 1927 for the requested amount.

The Department of Public Lands approved this request in an October 1927 order that allowed the irrigation district to inundate lakeshores on the lake.

[1]: 17,63 Klonaqua Lake sits in a basin consisting of rocky soils and igneous tonalite geology.

[14] On August 11, 2017 lightning caused by a cold frontal passage that tracked through the Alpine Lakes Wilderness started a fire about 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth, Washington.