Squaw Lake is a small lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, near the John Muir Trail

John Muir Trail

The John Muir Trail is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, running between the northern terminus at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and the southern terminus located on the summit of Mount Whitney . For almost all of its length, the trail is in the High Sierra...

 in John Muir Wilderness

John Muir Wilderness

The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for , in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains...

. It is located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west-northwest of Mount Izack Walton and 5 miles (8 km) north-northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison. at an altitude of 10315 feet (3,144 m). The outflow of Squaw Lake becomes Fish Creek

Fish Creek

-Streams:* Fish Creek ** Battle of Fish Creek, took place at the above creek* Fish Creek , in Fish Creek Provincial Park-Communities:* Fish Creek No. 402, Saskatchewan, rural municipality* Fish Creek, Victoria, Australian township...

, which eventually joins the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River

San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...

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