Show 33 18 terrible whirlpool somewhere on its surface" Fremont's men shared this superstition when they approached the lake in 1843 Many years later it was to be revived by men who should have known better In 1870 boatmen from "which made a regular runs on the lake reported a hole off Fremont Island into which the lake was rushing Says the report: "A schooner last Tuesday was almost drawn into it" Fears vere expressed for the safety of the steamer "Kate Connor" then enroute between Corinne and Lake Point Corinne -- making some expressed by that it a hoax hopes were the whirlpool would prove sufficiently Although the newspaper men considered large to keep the lake at its present level for it was showing a rapid rise at that time A f ew years later 1877 eye witnesses reported the existence of a lake monster in the northwest arm of the lake J H McNeil and companions vere camped on the shore near the north point of the lake on the evening of July 8 when they suddenly saw "a huge mass of hide and fin rapidly approaching and when within a few yards of the shore it raised its enormous head and uttered a terrible bellow" The next morning tracks and overturned rocks showed where Utah 18 0 81 19 J Hallister Resources Salt Lake Herald June 10 and 1870 Attractions of it |