Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is a lake in the pre-War state of Utah with Salt Lake City and New Canaan on its coast. The Great Salt Lake is now a great salt pan and mentioned as being a known territory of the White Legs.

Background
After the Great War, the Great Salt Lake completely evaporated leaving only large salt beds. In 2277, Ulysses was sent to the Great Salt Lake to rally the White Legs against the New Canaanites in hopes of killing Joshua Graham. By 2281, New Canaan, a town north of the Great Salt Lake, was destroyed. In the same year, the Courier went on an expedition with Happy Trails Caravan Company to Zion Canyon. Dead Sea mentions his origins as the lake, being taken from the area by Caesar as a baby.

Appearances
Great Salt Lake is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas as well as its add-ons Honest Hearts and Lonesome Road.

Behind the scenes
The Great Salt Lake is based on the real world location of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.