Saint Mary Lake en · PROPN
Etymology
By surface analysis, Saint Mary (unincorporated community in Montana) + lake. Compare St. Mary Lake and Saint Mary's Lake.
Meanings
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A lake in Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, United States.
Such outcrops were noted, however, in traversing the plains from Cutbank river to Saint Mary lake, and others were found about the mountain slopes west of Saint Mary lakes, up Swift Current Valley, on Kennedy creek, about Chief mountain, and on Belly river. [...] Just northeast of the northern end of Saint Mary lake Weller collected from a gray sandstone and according to Stanton's determination obtained Inoceramus sp., possibly young of I. labiatus, Mactra emmonsi Meek? Tellina modesta Meek, Donax cuneata Stanton, Corbula sp., Turritella sp., and Lunatia sp.
1902, Bailey Willis, “Stratigraphy and Structure, Lewis and Livingston Ranges, Montana”, in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, volume 13, pages 326, 327:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary lake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| St. Mary Lake | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
Descendants
Hồ Saint Mary · 세인트 메리 호수 · بُحَيْرَة سَاِنْت مَارِي · セントメリー湖