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Whiskeytown Nugget Summer 2003 National Park Service Park News U.S. Department of the Interior Whiskeytown National Recreation Area The official newspaper of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area The Whiskeytown Nugget Summer 2003 Hot and Cool…Free Kayak Tours on Whiskeytown Lake A Message From . BEAT THE HEAT THIS SUMMER WITH A COOL KAYAK TRIP on Whiskeytown Lake. Free ranger-guided kayak tours depart To Participate in Whiskeytown’s Jim Milestone, Park Superintendent from Oak Bottom twice daily this summer, providing a great escape Kayak Program: Forty years ago, and the opportunity 10,000 people to spot park wildlife • You must know how to swim from Northern while cruising over California anxiously • You must weigh less than 275 pounds the clear blue waters waited for • You must be at least six years old of Whiskeytown President John F. • If you are six to twelve years old, you must ride with a parent or Kennedy’s Lake. Park rangers guardian. helicopter to come and volunteer kayak • Call (530) 242-3455 to reserve a space up to one week in into view and land on the new assistants provide advance. Whiskeytown Dam. As President Kennedy information about stepped off the helicopter the crowd burst local history, current events, plants and animals in the park, not to into applause and cheer. President Kennedy mention boat-in access to some great swimming locations away was on his national Conservation Tour, from crowded beaches and campgrounds. Two-hour tours will visiting parks and major conservation projects, including new dams and wildlife depart at 10:00 am and VIP Profile refuges. 1:00 pm, daily. Special moonlight kayak tours will be offered for several nights each month when the moon is approaching full. The President gave a stirring speech that is Whiskeytown Lake holds a special etched in the memories of all those that There is no charge for the kayak tours, although visitors must place in the heart of Ray Gonzalez, participated. Even today, people speak of display a valid park pass on vehicles parked at Whiskeytown. The known affectionately by his friends their memories with fondness and National Park Service provides tandem kayaks, paddles, life jackets, here as “The Waterman.” Originally, excitement. Terri Hodgetts, a young woman and basic paddling and safety instruction for up to sixteen people from the islands of Hawaii, Ray has from Hayfork, California, led a group of 32 made northern California his home for high school students on a 35 mile hike from on each trip. If you already have access to a canoe or kayak, you are the last 15 years, volunteering at their hometown to Whiskeytown to see welcome to bring your own boat and join the tour at any time. Whiskeytown since 1988. Ray clears President Kennedy. Another local character, Prior kayaking experience is not required. Take advantage of this litter and garbage from the lakeshore, Mr. Paul McDermott, brought a mule with great opportunity to see the park from a different perspective—sign trails and waters of Whiskeytown in an Ray Gonzalez, VIP two whiskey barrels strapped to its back to up for Whiskeytown’s free ranger-guided kayak program and have effort to care for the place he demonstrate how Whiskeytown got its one of the “coolest” experiences available on a hot summer day. name. The Secret Service intercepted Mr. considers his home away from home. McDermott before he got close to the stage where the President was addressing the Ray started volunteering because he wanted to make a positive crowd. difference in the world. He enjoys being able to see the difference in the lake’s appearance after cleaning up the trash left by less Jim Carr and Clair Hill, two local men, In This Issue thoughtful visitors. When asked why he continues to comes back worked hard with Congressman Engle week after week, year after year, Ray replies, “because this is my from Red Bluff to design the Trinity River CELEBRATE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT OF 1963.................... PAGE 2 home--just like the bald eagle, the bear, and the bass, I live here.” Diversion, which brought water from the Trinity River through a 10-mile PATH TO THE PAST ............................................................ PAGE 2 In addition to keeping Whiskeytown clean, Ray also helps out with tunnel to Whiskeytown Lake. This OUT OF THE BLUE .............................................................. PAGE 3 the park’s popular kayak program, sharing his knowledge of the provides the local area with underwater world of Whiskeytown Lake. As an avid underwater hydroelectric power, clean drinking AMPHIBIANS! ..................................................................... PAGE 3 film photographer, Ray has captured great images of kokanee, bass water, and a lovely lake for recreation. It and turtles at Whiskeytown. also supports agriculture in the Central SUMMER RANGER PROGRAMS ....................................... PAGE 4 Valley. I hope that your visit to Keeping the park clean is an enormous task. Ray is a hard worker, Whiskeytown will be filled with happy WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ........................................... PAGE 4 but wishes that more people would take the time to pick up after memories, and invite you to our 40th themselves. Next time you’re out on the lake, look for Ray and say Anniversary Celebration and Big Dam Visit Us On The Web! hello. It’s easy to understand why this National Park Service Party on September 28th, 2003 at volunteer holds a special place in the heart of Whiskeytown. Whiskeytown Dam. www.nps.gov/whis National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Whiskeytown National 40th Anniversary Nears Recreation Area Whiskeytown Dam was dedicated in 1963 by Whiskeytown celebrates Presidential Visit of 1963 President John F. Kennedy, Whiskeytown Lake was created as part of the Central Valley PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ARRIVED AT WHISKEYTOWN ON country’s natural Project for the purposes of flood control, September 28, 1963 to an enthusiastic crowd of 10,000 people. The resources for irrigation, and power generation. With more President’s helicopter landed on the dam where he was greeted by dams and power than 40,000 acres in a mountain lake setting, members of Congress, the Secretary of the Interior and commu - generation facili- Whiskeytown is home to a variety of wildlife. nity leaders of Redding, California. This was the largest public ties. Superintendent event ever to occur Thousands gathered to hear President Kennedy speak at Jim F. Milestone Whiskeytown Dam at Whiskeytown, Historians are Chief of Administration and was the true working with park staff to collect historical documents, photo - Colleen Howe beginning of Whis- graphs and memorabilia of the President’s visit 40 years ago. This Chief Ranger keytown National information will be developed into an exhibit for use during the Steve Prokop Recreation Area. anniversary celebration scheduled for September 27 and 28, 2003 Chief of Interpretation & Cultural to commemorate President Kennedy’s visit to Whiskeytown. We Resources Steve Thede While a small fleet invite you to join us in celebrating 40 years of recreation at Whis- of sailboats drifted keytown and to learn about this historic event that brought the Chief of Maintenance Jerry Wheeler across the lake, President of the United States to Whiskeytown. If you have any President Kennedy photographs or memorabilia of the President’s visit, the National Chief of Natural Resource Management Paul DePrey gave a stirring and Park Service would like to make digital color copies for possible inspirational speech inclusion in the commemorative exhibit on this historic event. Mailing Address P.O. Box 188 about conservation leadership, recreational needs of future gen- Contact Park Superintendent Jim F. Milestone at (530) 242-3460 for Whiskeytown, CA 96095 erations, and accomplishments regarding the development of this more information. Website www.nps.gov/whis Fax Number Path to the Past—Crystal Creek Water Ditch Trail (530) 246-5154 HIDDEN ALONG THE gold rush, constructed the ditch to support his mining and farming ventures. He also used Park Headquarters Crystal Creek Water the water ditch system to provide power to his sawmill that supplied locals with the lumber (530) 242-3400 Ditch Trail is a fasci- needed to construct houses and hotels, as well as the dams, flumes, rockers and other Publication of this paper was made possible nating slice of Cali- devices that miners required. by a donation from Western National Parks Association, a non-profit organization fornia history. The dedicated to supporting interpretive efforts of Crystal Creek Water This one-mile trail follows a portion of the 3-mile long water ditch that was hand dug with the National Park Service. Ditch is one of the picks and shovels by a combination of Chinese laborers and unemployed miners. The Sue Kelso, Volunteer Editor: Teri Tucker earliest water diver- ditch stretches from Crystal Creek to the Tower House District. The grounds and orchards Layout and graphics: Phyllis Swanson sion systems in the state. Charles Camden, of Whiskeytown’s Tower House Historic District are still partially irrigated by this system Fire Insert Layout: Carol Jandrall a successful miner during the California today. By following the water Friends of Whiskeytown ditch as it winds toward Nick Webb is the CEO and President of the Friends of the cool waters of Crystal Whiskeytown. He and his family are residents of Redding, where Creek, visitors pass he owns a business and is a year-round user of Whiskeytown. elevated flumes supported Nick finds the recreational opportunities here to be a great escape by wooden trestles that from the stress and pressures of work, conference calls, and were designed to carry travel. However, he noticed more and more things that needed to water across rough and be done. Finding that flat budgets and increasing unfunded steep terrain. The system needs are a problem at Whiskeytown, he decided to do something about it.
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