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This list of lakes in Lake County, California includes lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids.
- Adobe Reservoir (1657212)
- Amel Lake (218225)
- Blue Lakes (219501)
- Blue Slides Lake (257282)
- Boggs Lake (219585)
- Borax Lake (219659)
- Lake Bordeaux (1657217)
- Burger Lake (220182)
- Lake Burgundy (1657218)
- Catfish Pond (258076)
- Clear Lake (258441, 1664234)
- Detert Reservoir (253211)
- Dry Lake (222650)
- Eachus Lake (222797)
- Hidden Lake (225245)
- Hidden Valley Lake (1657219, 1663861)
- Highland Springs Reservoir (1657213)
- Indian Valley Reservoir (274690)
- Lakeport Lake (252102)
- Little Borax Lake (262549)
- Lower Blue Lake (234205)
- Lower Bohn Lake (234206)
- McCreary Lake (253232)
- Ora Lake (230069)
- Pinkeye Lake (230738)
- Lake Pillsbury (234468)
- Rocky Lake (231775)
- Snows Lake (234785)
- Stienhart Lakes (235478)
- Summit Lake (235750)
- Thurston Lake (236335)
- Timber Lake (268286)
- Tule Lake (236601)
- Tule Lake (236603)
- Upper Bohn Lake (253239)
- Wildcat Lake (237797)
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Borax Lake Site, also known as Borax Lake--Hodges Archaeological Site is an archaeological site near Clearlake, California.
In 2006, a National Park Service statement about it read:
The Borax Lake Site is considered of national significance as the type site for a major prehistoric period in the far western United States, the Paleo-Indian (Clovis), referred to in archeological literature of the Western Great Basin and California as the Post Pattern. The occurrence of Clovis-like projectile points from Borax Lake in the Coast Range of northern California dramatically extended the geographic scope of Paleo-Indian occupation into the far western United States. Archeological investigations at the Borax Lake Site demonstrated that Paleo-Indian occupation of the Far West (Western Great Basin and California) represents a specialized lake shore dwelling adaptation by this group, which was significant because it represented a unique response to an environment that had been unfamiliar to Paleo-Indians. This adaptation is referred to as the Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition and differs from the large mammal hunting traditions of the southwestern United States and Great Plains.[2]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c "Borax Lake Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1056606021&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.
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Clear Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake entirely in California, and has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake entirely in California, the tenth largest by capacity. It is located in Lake County and is fed by runoff flowing into many streams as well as springs in Soda Bay. Its sole outlet is Cache Creek. There is a dam on Cache Creek to increase the lake's capacity and to regulate outflow.
At one time Clear Lake was even bigger than it is now, and included the Blue Lakes (to the northwest of Clear Lake). Volcanic eruptions and subsequent landslides changed the landscape dramatically, forever separating Clear Lake from the Blue Lakes and from its former westward drainage into the Russian River.
Archaeologists believe that the Clear Lake basin has been occupied by Native Americans for at least 11,000 years. Evidence of this has been found at nearby Borax Lake and on Rattlesnake Island in the lake's south arm. Abundant fish, game and waterbirds made Clear Lake an oasis in the otherwise harsh conditions of Northern California's mountains. The native Clear Lake hitch, Lavinia exilicauda, was once so abundant that millions of hitch clogged the lake's feeder streams in dry months. When the Spanish missionaries came to California, they found that thousands of Native Americans lived in the Clear Lake Basin, primarily Pomo people and Yuki-Wappo with some Lake Miwok.
European settlers arrived, starting around 1845. Frequently they abused and exploited the native Pomo people. One of the most notorious incidents was the Bloody Island Massacre of spring 1850 [3]. A number of Pomo were enslaved and abused by settlers Andrew Kelsey, whose name is attached to the town of Kelseyville today, and Charles Stone. The Pomo finally revolted and killed Kelsey and Stone. A United States Army contingent under Gen. Nathaniel Lyon cornered as many as 200 Pomo on an island in Clear Lake, and slaughtered most of them—including scores of women and children. The historical marker for Bloody Island is on Highway 20 between Upper Lake and the Robinson Rancheria.
Later, the Pomo were forced to live in small "rancherias" set aside by the federal government. For most of the 20th century, the few Pomo people left had to live on these tiny reservations in poverty. Ironically, today the fastest-growing businesses around Lake County are the gambling casinos presently operated by four Pomo rancherias, with more casinos planned.
Exhibits and programs about the region's culture and history are maintained and presented by rangers and docents at Clear Lake State Park and at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park. Lake County has two county museums, the Lake County Museum in Lakeport and the Lower Lake Historical Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake. There are also numerous state and local historical landmarks identified throughout the county.
- ^ Lydersen, Kari (Monday, June 12, 2006). "Mercury Warnings a New Part of Tribe's Tradition". The Washington Post. pp. 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100720_2.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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- ^ ucdavis.edu
- ^ ksu.edu
- ^ epa.gov
- ^ "Fish Consumption Guidelines for Clear Lake, Cache Creek, and Bear Creek (Lake, Yolo, and Colusa Counties)". Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. [01/20/05, updated 03/18/09]. http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/so_cal/Fclearlake.html. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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Hidden Valley Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) and gated subdivision in Lake County, California, United States. The population was 3,777 at the 2000 census.
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Indian Valley Reservoir is a manmade lake in Lake County, California, 27 miles (43 km) west of Williams near State Route 20.
The 301,000 acre·ft (371,000 dam³) capacity reservoir was created by the construction of the Indian Valley Dam across the north fork of Cache Creek in 1975. The 200 m (660 ft) and 40 ft (12 m) earth-fill dam was built for water storage, irrigation and flood control.[1] Although the reservoir is in Lake County, it was built by neighboring Yolo County, who own all water rights to the 300,600 acre feet (370,800,000 m3) of water. The dam includes a hydroelectric plant. The cost of the dam and reservoir exceeded $9 million and were funded, in part by two bond issues.
The reservoir is in the Bureau of Land Management's Walker Ridge Recreation Area. All types of recreation are allowed, including boating, camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, bicycling and horseback riding.
There are two primitive boat/hike-in campgrounds, Blue Oaks and Kowalski.
The area's flora and fauna include manzanita, oak and pine trees, blacktail deer, black bear, and wild turkey. Rare plants such as the Indian Valley Brodiaea and Adobe lily grow here.
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Lake Pillsbury is an artificial lake in the Mendocino National Forest of Lake County, California, created from the waters impounded from the Eel River by Scott Dam. Elevation is 1,818 ft (554 m) with 65 mi (105 km) of shoreline and covering 2,003 acres (811 ha).[1] Activities in the Lake Pillsbury Recreation Area include powerboating, fishing, swimming, sailing, picnicking, hiking and hang gliding. There are two main access roads to the lake. At the north end of the lake is a small gravel airstrip.
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Timber Lake is a lake located in Lake County, California. It lies at an elevation of 4,872 feet.
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The Bloody Island Massacre (also called the Clear Lake Massacre) occurred on an island called in the Pomo language, Bo-no-po-ti or Badon-napo-ti (Old Island), at the north end of Clear Lake, Lake County, California on May 15, 1850.[1][2] It was a place where the Pomo had traditionally gathered for ceremonies. After this event, it became known as Bloody Island. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Island_Massacre
The year was 1850. Lucy hid in the bloodied water behind the tules with her mother at Badonnapati, Old Island –
called Bloody Island after dragoons and a militia under the command of Captain Nathaniel Lyon massacred between 150
and 200 Pomo men, women, elders and children
Despite this and many more hardships unleashed on native people by the US, Duncan said Lucy Moore became a
mother, a grandmother and great-grandmother, lived to be 110 years old, and in her old age prayed every day to forgive
America.
It is in her memory and to honor her, her prayer and all who died at Bloody Island that Duncan created the Lucy Moore
Foundation in 2000, having for many years approached the tribal leadership to address some of the following issues,
without success.
The foundation organizes the yearly May 15 Sunrise Ceremony at Bloody Island, to honor and remember the people
who died there during the massacre
the unofficial design of this particular expedition
was to "clear" the land of its indigenous inhabitants, as the official policy of California, supported by the federal
government, was to exterminate all of the Indian population.
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The following historical list of Pomo villages and tribes is taken largely from John Wesley Powell, 1891:[5]
- Balló Kaì Pomo, "Oat Valley People."
- Batemdikáyi.
- Búldam Pomo (Rio Grande or Big River).
- Chawishek.
- Choam Chadila Pomo (Capello).
- Chwachamajù.
- Dápishul Pomo (Redwood Canyon).
- Eastern People (Clear Lake about Lakeport).
- Erío (mouth of Russian River).
- Erússi (Fort Ross).
- Gallinoméro (Russian River Valley below Cloverdale and in Dry Creek Valley).
- Grualála (northwest corner of Sonoma County).
- Kabinapek (western part of Clear Lake basin).
- Kaimé (above Healdsburg).
- Kai Pomo (between Eel River and South Fork).
- Kastel Pomo (between Eel River and South Fork).
- Kato Pomo, "Lake People." (Clear Lake)
- Komácho (Anderson and Rancheria Valleys).
- Kulá Kai Pomo (Sherwood Valley).
- Kulanapo. (Clear Lake)
- Láma (Russian River Valley).
- Misálamag[-u]n or Musakak[-u]n (above Healdsburg).
- Mitoám Kai Pomo, "Wooded Valley People" (Little Lake).
- Poam Pomo.
- Senel (Russian River Valley).
- Shódo Kaí Pomo (Coyote Valley).
- Síako (Russian River Valley).
- Sokóa (Russian River Valley).
- Yokáya Pomo, "Lower Valley People" (Ukiah City).
- Yusâl (or Kámalel) Pomo, "Ocean People" (on coast and along Yusal Creek).
Buldam (also, Bul-dam Po-mo) is a former Pomo settlement in Mendocino County, California.[1] It was located on the north bank of Big River and east of Mendocino; its precise location is unknown.[1]
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