The Hope pioneer., 1886-09-10
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From the Portland Orsg0nis rs ( SaS
The Cleetwood was launched 0n the
17th, and on The 18th nine; mem tb4rs|
OF our party made the circuit ot tfis1
lake on . tour oi inspection The
scenery was grand to u degree far bes11
yond our most sang guine expecta tions.
-Four strong oarsmen soon br ought
US to Lilac Rock and as wseazed insi.
lent wonder ct its rugged sides, reach
ing nearly hall mile above ils, tor
the first time did Irealize theimmensity
OF such q spectacle.
Beyond Llao Rock We found q beau.
tlful little bay, and beyond this 4
larger one, probably one mile long BY
quarter OF a mile deep. Here We
found q narrow beach Of small gravel
running almost the entire length Of the ]
bay, while further out in the lake the
bottom is composed Of sand. AS this
point has not only never been named,
but probably was never before visited
by human beings, we decided to chris,
ten it Cleetwood Bay. 81 '3s$
Passing on our journey it was soon
seen that the cliffs on the north side !.
are not SO high as those on the south.
In several places it appeared that good
trails could easily be made to the wa
ter's edge, over which person might
ride, and in one place, without any
grading whatever, a good pack train
could descend with comparative ease.
About 2 O'Clock a thunder shower
came suddenly upon us, just as two
beautiful grottoes came in view. In
TO one of these the boat was run,
where we were entirely beyond the
reach of rain. It proved to be about
thirty feet deep anu ten feet wide. with
an arched roof probably eight feet
above the water, whore the rocky bot
tom could be distinctly seen ten feet
below the surface. So perfect was
It's form that it almost seemed the
hand OF man had hewn it from
the solid rock. Beyond it towers an
immense cliff, very high, with broken
rugged sides, picturesque and sublime,
which insist on naming Dutton Cliff,
in honor OF Capt. Dutton, who has
done and is doing SO much to make
Crater Lake Justly famous.
Immediately north of Dutton Clia
the elements have worn the sides oi
the mountain, leaving harder sub.
stance, alternately colored and vel.
low, resembling the Mansard roof ofa
cottage, while in one place tall rel
chimneys stand aloft, making all in all
such q scene that Cottage Rock could
scarcely be improved on for name.
Lying between the points above re.
terred to q break in the walls was
found that is almost perpendicular,
but certainly does not exceed 400 feet
in height. This is by far the lowest
point in the walls. Just at the
foot of Dutton Cliff an island
was discovered 200 feet wide BY +
400 feet long and over 100 to-
the top of the rocks that stand upon
it like great chimneys or towers, giving
to it an appearance like the castles oi /.
old. We did not land, but an appro-
pirate name would be Castle Island.
Crater Lake has again risen to the
occasion, as accurate tests will prove
beyond all question that but few bod @
les Of water in the world equal it in
depth, except the ocean, and none
whatever of unequal size, while in the
western hemisphere it will stand abb n
solutely unrivalled. Heretofore Tahoe
has been considered the deepest
Lake in America, being 1,64O feet.
Only preliminary soundings have been
made ae vet, and the figures ohtained ,
are subject to slight change. The deep
est water found so far is /, 955 feet,
being 3l5 more than Tahoe. G. #