Description
Buteo Lake is located on Kenai Peninsula 2 mi. W of Moose Lake and 34 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 1 mile long.
History
Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni), "* * * most useful and beneficial of all our Hawks." C. E. Bendire (in Pearson, 1944, pt. 2, p. 75-76).