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Placename | Meaning | County or Region |
State/Province | Type | USGS Quad or NTS topo |
Latitude | Longitude | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lapie Creek | "foot" | Liard Country | BC | stream | 94M/8 | 59°28′N | 126°23′W | from the Chinook for "foot" and/or "feet" from fr. le pied |
La Push | "mouth" | Clallam | WA | town/city | La Push | 47.909°N | 124.635°W | from the Chinook for "mouth" from fr. la bouche |
Latah | "tooth", "teeth" | Spokane | WA | town/city | Latah | 47.282°N | 117.154°W | from fr. les dents, le dent |
Latah Cemetery | " | Spokane | WA | cemetery | Latah | 47.282°N | 117.126°W | |
Latah County | " | Latah | ID | civil | Tekoa | 47.125°N | 117.000°W | |
Lebahdo | "shingle" | Slocan | BC | locality & rail siding | 82F/12 | 49.6°N | 117.600°W | from fr. le bardeau. There had been a shingle mill here. |
Lemah Mountain | "hand" | King | WA | mountain | Chikamin Peak | 47.5°N | 121.3°W | from fr. le main. |
Lolo | "to carry" | Missoula | MT | town/city and locale | Southwest Missoula | 46.759°N | 114.080°W | poss. from fr la-là (idiomatic for "get/do that!", "that there") |
Lolo Butte | " | Deschutes | OR | summit | Pistol Butte | 43.853°N | 121.607°W | |
Lolo Creek | " | Benewah | ID | stream | Tensed | 47.186°N | 116.974°W | |
Lolo Creek | " | Idaho | ID | stream | Sixmile Creek | 46.372°N | 116.171°W | |
Lolo Creek | " | Lake | MT | stream | Woods Bay | 47.879°N | 114.033°W | |
Lolo Creek | " | Missoula | MT | stream | Florence | 46.743°N | 114.061°W | |
Lolo Creek | " | Clallam | WA | stream | Slide Peak | 47.925°N | 123.966°W | |
Lolo Creek Campground | " | Idaho | ID | locale | Brown Creek Ridge | 46.293°N | 115.751°W | |
Lolo Creek Mine | " | Missoula | MT | mine | Camp Creek | 46.768°N | 114.340°W | |
Lolo Hot Springs | " | Missoula | MT | town/city | Lolo Hot Springs | 46.728°N | 114.530°W | |
Lolo, Mount | " | Kamloops | BC | summit | 50°48′01″N | 120°07′06″W | also Lolo Creek in same area; named for Jean-Baptiste Lolo, aka Chief Lolo | |
Lolo, Mount | Quadra Island | BC | summit | 50°08′52″N | 125°20′39″W | |||
Lolo National Forest | " | Sanders | MT | forest | Driveway Peak | 47.583°N | 115.583°W | |
Lolo Pass | " | Benewah | ID | gap | Benewah | 47.220°N | 116.835°W | |
Lolo Pass | " | Clearwater | ID | gap | Lolo Hot Springs | 46.635°N | 114.579°W | |
Lolo Pass | " | Missoula | MT | gap | Lolo Hot Springs | 46.635°N | 114.579°W | same as Lolo Pass, Clearwater County, ID (previous) |
Lolo Pass | " | Hood River | OR | gap | Bull Run Lake | 45.427°N | 121.795°W | |
Lolo Pass Ski Area | " | Idaho | ID | locale | Lolo Hot Springs | 46.637°N | 114.576°W | |
Lolo Pass Winter Sports Area | " | Missoula | MT | locale | Lolo Hot Springs | 46.637°N | 114.579°W | |
Lolo Peak | " | Missoula | MT | summit | Carlton Lake | 46.675°N | 114.244°W | |
Lolo Peak Trailer Court | " | Missoula | MT | town/city | Florence | 46.749°N | 114.093°W | |
Lolo Ranger Station | " | Missoula | MT | locale | Garden Point | 46.774°N | 114.433°W | |
Lummi | "old woman", "widow" | Whatcom | WA | town/city | Ferndale | 48.795°N | 122.613°W | from fr. la vieille, sometimes spelled lummieh. |
Lummi Bay | " | Whatcom | WA | bay | Lummi Bay | 48.777°N | 122.675°W | |
Lummi Cemetery | " | Whatcom | WA | cemetery | Ferndale | 48.779°N | 122.608°W | |
Lummi Flats | " | Whatcom | WA | flat | Lummi Bay | 48.787°N | 122.668°W | |
Lummi Indian Reservation | " | Whatcom | WA | reserve | Lummi Bay | 48.817°N | 122.633°W | |
Lummi Island | " | Whatcom | WA | island | Lummi Island | 48.696°N | 122.669°W | |
Lummi Island | " | Whatcom | WA | town/city | Lummi Island | 48.725°N | 122.685°W | |
Lummi Island Est. Dam | " | Whatcom | WA | dam | Lummi Island | 48.680°N | 122.640°W | |
Lummi Marine Park | " | Whatcom | WA | park | Lummi Island | 48.726°N | 122.658°W | |
Lummi Peak | " | Whatcom | WA | pillar | Lummi Island | 48.669°N | 122.640°W | |
Lummi Point | " | Whatcom | WA | cape | Lummi Island | 48.734°N | 122.688°W | |
Lummi River | " | Whatcom | WA | stream | Lummi Bay | 48.790°N | 122.663°W | |
Lummi Rocks | " | Whatcom | WA | island | Lummi Island | 48.671°N | 122.666°W | |
Lummi Tribal School | " | Whatcom | WA | school | Ferndale | 48.795°N | 122.612°W |
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