Misspelled lake name honors Oregon pioneer

There is no better place to beat the summer heat in Sisters than at one of our mountain lakes. Suttle Lake, 13 miles west of Sisters, has been a favorite for many years with a variety of campgrounds, boat docks, picnic shelters, and resorts. The lake's name is a bungled attempt to recognize a man with quite a story.

Before European settlement the lake was frequented by Native Americans who camped along its shores as they fished for sockeye salmon and travelled into the high country. The name they called the lake is not recorded. At an event in 2012 Warm Springs Elder Wilson Wewa said, "Long ag...