Washoe Zephyr

Zephyr Cove is named after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind. Mark Twain and Dan De Quille both wrote about the strong west winds that blow over Lake Tahoe and on into Nevada, called the “Washoe Zephyr.”

Lake Tahoe, Da Ow A Ga, dock and swimmers, divers and gazers...

...the completed painted view of the wood dock at the Sugar Pine Point State Park beach, Lake Tahoe...The Native American Washoe tribe inhabited the Tahoe region years and years ago and considered the area as the epicenter of their universe . The Washoe called the lake and the area "Da ow a ga", roughly translated to "edge of the lake". The first white visitors to the area heard the sounds and mispronounced this name, and called it "Tahoe". The name remained in this Anglicized form until present times.