The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-06-26

There Is therefore no expense Inc
enlargement is scencally attractive, is naturally
a part of the park and is needed for the COM
prehensive development Of the public playground
of which Crater Lake is the feature.
The small map given herewith has a broken
line around the present park and the heavy contin-
uouS line shows the park as enlarged The pres
ent park is approximately - miles east and west
by Is miles north and south and contains 249
square miles or 15936O acres. The enlargement
contains about 145 square miles or 1880 acres.
The park lies in Klamath county In southwestern
Oregon about 60 miles from the California line.
The nearest railroad points MedfOrd on the
main line of the Southern Pacific SIS miles to the
southwest; klamath Falls g. miles to the south
on branch line. and Kirk. IS miles to the south
east branch line The park lies on the crest
of the Cascades and varies in elevation from 5000
TO 5000 feet.
The addition is spoken Of locally as the "Dia-
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 ~ miles. From Crater lake to Diamond lake
by trail Is IS miles. Diamond lake is compare
lively shallow and up enough for comfort
able bathing. On the east and south the shore
is grassy. wita 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 it is not entirely ad
mrabe as camping ground. The camping
ground is of course on the rim, a thousand feet
above the water. And bathing lake 1t
is out of the question the temperature of It's
water being about 80 degrees all summer. And
in addition the lake is more than 1000 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
a bOat-and to some anglers this is comparatively
no fun They want to steal along a stream and
find Il 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 its south end.
Two Bear creek flows into 1t from the north.
Other trout streams are scattered over the ad-
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 n natural improve
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 1881 feet).
To the east of Diamond lake is Mount Thelsen
(9,17S) and to the west is Mount Bailey (S,356).
They are picturesque peaks and well worth as
cendng. 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 1918 there were 1921. So the enlargement
Is needed-to give camping room, varied
scenery and different trout fishing, among other
things. The enlargement will offer additional
attractions and make Crater Lake National park
the kind of place where the visitor will want
to stay all summer. In short, Greater Crater lake
will be both show place and playground.
1t is the plan of the national park service
to give this playground aspect SO far possible
to all Of the national parks Not all Of them
come by 1t naturally, and these are to be helped
along by development.