Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post and the first American non-Native to see the lake, when an expedition financed by a weekly magazine reached it in February 1891.

[2] The Dena'ina Athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake".

The Life and Times of John W. Clark of Nushagak, Alaska, 1846-1896.

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

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