Miscellaneous Place Names

Brender Canyon-Near Dryden in Chelan County. It was named for A.B. Brender, the first white settler in the canyon, 1882. (A. Manson, in Names MSS, Letter 300.) {Source: Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923}

Domke Lake-drains through Domke Creek into the northwestern part of Lake Chelan, in Chelan County. There is a mountain in that locality bearing the same name. The name is in honor of the first settler in that vicinity. It is sometimes spelled "Dumpky." (Henry Gannett, Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, page. 107){Source: Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923}

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