What activites/industries exist in and near Great Salt Lake?
The Great Salt Lake and its environs have been used by swimmers, boaters, bikers, hikers, and hunters for recreational purposes from the mid-1800s to the present. Long-term water-level fluctuations, both high and low, have adversely affected lake recreation over the years, however. Nearly a dozen resorts have either been flooded or left high and dry. The most famous resort, Saltair, was built in 1893 and destroyed by fire in 1971. The lake and and its three state parks, Great Salt Lake Saltair Beach, Antelope Island, and Willard Bay, attracted over a million tourists in 1994.
