The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-10

There Is therefore no eApehoc- nv
enlargement is scencally attractive is naturan'
a part of the park and is needed for the CON-
prehensive development of the public playground
Of which Crater Lake Is the feature.
The small map given herewith has broken
line around the present park ana the heaVy cohth-
uous line shows the park as enlarged Inc pres
ent park is approximately Ii miles east ana west
by 1S miles north and south and contains 249
square miles or 159,36O acres. The enlargement
contains about 145 square miles 81, 500 acres
The park lies in klamath county. in southwestern
Oregon, about 60 miles from the California line
The nearest railroad points are Medford on the
main line Of the Southern Pacific, 81 miles to the
southwest; Klamath Falls, G. miles to the south
on branch line. and Kirk. 26 miles to the south
east on a branch line. The park lies on the crest
Of the Cascades and varies in elevation. from 5000
to 1900 feet.
The addition is spoken of locally as the Ola
mond lake region" because of the very attractive
lake which is one of its features. This lake Is
about 5000 feet above sea level and is about .
by 2h miles. From Crater lake to Diamond lake
by trail is 10 miles. Diamond lake is compare
lively shallow and warns up enough for comfort
able bathing. On the east and south the shore
is grassy Wit: gradual slope to pebbly beach
The lake is beautifully situated and altogether
the location makes an ideal camping ground
In this lies much of its desirability. Crater
lake is world marvel, but 1t is not entirely adj
mirable camping ground The camping
ground is Of course on the RIM thousand feet
| or SO above the water. And as bathing lake 1t
is out of the question, the temperature OF It's
water being about SO degrees all summer And
in addition the lake is more than 1900 feet deep
| in places
The Diamond lake region offers fine fishing
Also To be sure, nobody could ask for finer trout
than the rainbows in Crater lake. They run big;
some of them scale ten pounds. And they are
magnificent fighters; many experts hold that pound
for pound the Crater lake rainbow is the hardest
fighter of all the western trout. But fishing from
the rocky, broken shore at the foot of the lake
| walls is often hard work The best fishing is from
| boat-and to some anglers this is comparatively
no fun. They want to steal along stream and
find pool and match wits with the big fellow
that has preempted 1t and holds it against all
| corners.
And that's JUST the kind of fishing there is up
/ around Diamond lake. Two creeks-Silent and
! Short-fow into Diamond lake at it's south end
| Two Bear creek flows into 1T from the north
Other trout streams scattered over the adj
dition.
All the roads into the present park come from
| the south The enlargement will give the park
a road from the north and direct connection with
| Bend and central Oregon points. In the future
| a connecting road to the wonderful Rim road
/ around Crater lake would be natural improve
ment at present only horse trail crosses the
range which thrusts through the enlargement
| and into the park like huge wedge.
Right up in the very northeast corner OF the
| enlargement is Howlock mountain (S,351 reet).
| To the east of Diamond lake is Mount Thieisen
| (917S) and to the west is Mount Bailey (S,3oo).
| They are picturesque peaks and well worth as
/ cending All through the addition there is seen
| cry worth while.
Crater lake attracted 16645 visitors last sum-
mer and the attendance is increasing every year
| in 1913 there were 1921. So the enlargement
| is needed-to give more camping ROOM Varleu
i scenery and different trout fishing, among othel
/ things The enlargement will offer addltlohai
| attractions and make Crater Lake National PARK
1 the kind of place where the visitor VIII want
to stay all summer. In short, Greater crater lake
win be both show place and playground
4 1t is the plan of the national park service
to give this playground aspect so far as possible
to an Of the national parks. Not all OF them
come by 1t naturally, and these are TO De neipeu
along by development