Fargher Lake, Washington

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Fargher Lake |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Washington#USA |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Washington |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Washington |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Clark  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |established_title = |established_date =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 =  |timezone = Pacific (PST) |utc_offset = -8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = -7 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 676 |coordinates = {{coord|45|53|18|N|122|30|51|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}  |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = |area_code = 360 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1504828<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1504828}}</ref> |footnotes = }}

'''Fargher Lake''' is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington, United States. The community located approximately {{convert|7|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest from the town of Yacolt.

The settlement, as well as a former lake located nearby, both share the name "Fargher Lake".

==History== The lake was originally named Hard Hack Swamp. Brothers Arthur Wellesly, Fredrick Daniel and Horatio Albert Fargher emigrated in the 1870s from their birthland, the Isle of Man, and settled for a while near the lake.

The lake and surrounding area was renamed Fargher Lake. The water was drained sometime during the early 1960s<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Noel|title=Fargher Lake History|url=http://www.lewisriver.com/fargherlake/history/|website=lewisriver.com|publisher=NWNature.com Inc.|accessdate=13 July 2017|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909101046/http://www.lewisriver.com/fargherlake/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the lake bed was then used for farming. In the 21st century, the lake bed contains blueberry fields.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Washington Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)