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Show BEAR LAKE XEARLY FIXL FIRST TIME I 24 YEARS The waters, of Bear Lake, northern Utah's blue jewel and one of the most important storage stor-age reservoirs in the state to-, day, are ld'A feet higher than in 1935, the driest year on record in northern Utah. The lake waters wa-ters are nearly two feet higher this year than last; however, the lake is still two and one-third feet under full capacity. Full capacity is determined when the lake waters rise to an elevation of 5923.65 feet above sea level, at which point they flow into Bear t River by gravity. Bear River is the lake's natural outlet. out-let. Present records reveal that only in 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922 and 1923 did the waters rise to full capacity of the lake. |