Lake Chelan is a long, glacially-carved lake in the central part of the
North Cascades mountain range in northwestern Washington State. Via the short
Chelan River, it is a tributary to the
Okanogan River, a tributary of the
Columbia. Access to points along the lake has been primarily by water, and in the early 1900s, this was done by steamboat. Located at the head of the lake is
Stehekin, a resort community.