The Gem of Many Colors

041709: There is no official story I've ever heard as to why the Lake was named "Topaz." It was originally named "Alkali Lake." But the name was changed soon after (1930's?) as it was found to have a certain negative connotation with the public, even though the Lake is NOT A SALT LAKE. They (who they?) appropriately changed the named from "Alkali" to "Topaz." Thank God for the "they!" Can you imagine vacationing at "Alkali Lake RV Park?" Wouldn't have happened and I wouldn't be writing this and you wouldn't be reading this!

So MY story is that the "they" got together one afternoon and they saw something like in the following photos occur in the course of that afternoon. And like the many colors of the gem, they came to a new consensus and named the lake "Topaz" because it is the lake of many colors. Photos taken 8/27/07.

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