Spirit Lake is a lake in the western United States, located in Kootenai County in northern Idaho.

[1] According to tradition, Spirit Lake received its name from the spirit of a heartbroken Native American woman whose drowning in the lake was intentional.

[2][3][4] Its surface elevation is 2,440 feet (740 m) above sea level.

The lake is about 16 miles (26 km) north-northwest of the city of Coeur d'Alene.

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