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CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK OREGON. The Sinnott 'Memorial on the <r\im of (f rater Lake UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HORACE M. ALBRIGHT, Director GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING . U full/! : GRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK OREGOX (c) Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc. THE LAKE WITH PHANTOM SHIP IN FOREGROUND " It lies 2,000 feet under your feet, and reflects its walls so perfectly that you can not tell the wall from the reflection in the intensely blue water."—Joaquin Miller OPEN EARLY SPRING TO LATE FALL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE RELIEF MODEL OF CRATER LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION WASHINGTON : 1933 RULES AND REGULATIONS BRIEFED The park regulations are designed for the protection of the natural beauties and scenery as well as for the comfort and convenience of visitors. The following synopsis is for the general guidance of visitors, who are requested to assist the administration by observing the rules CONTENTS Page The geological story of Crater Lake 1 Fires. Light carefully and in designated places. Extinguish com Places of interest 5 pletely before leaving camp, even for temporary absence. Do not Discovery and history i 7 guess your fire is out—Know it. Wild animals 8 Bird life 9 Camps. Use designated camp grounds. Keep the camp grounds Fishing 10 clean. Combustible rubbish shall be burned on camp fires and all The forests j 11 other garbage and refuse of all kinds shall be placed in garbage cans Notes on the wild flowers 12 or pits provided for the purpose. Dead or fallen wood may be used Rim Village, trails, facilities 14 for firewood. Camping in the park 14 Administration 15 Trash. Do not throw paper, lunch refuse, kodak cartons or paper, How to reach the park 16 chewing-gum paper, or other Lash over the rim, on walks, trails, Railroad information 16 roads, or elsewhere. Carry until you can burn in camp or place Approaches by automobile 18 Rules and regulations 19 in receptacle. General regulations 19 Trees, Flowers, and Animals. The destruction, injury, or disturbance Automobile and-motor-cycle regulations 23 in any way of the trees, flowers, birds, or animals is prohibited. Map 25 Panoramic view 25 Noises. Be quiet in camp after others have gone to bed. Many Literature . 25 people come here for rest. Government publications 25 Distributed free by the National Park Service 26 Automobiles. Careful driving is required at all times for protection Sold by the Superintendent of Documents 26 of yourself and other visitors. Your car must be equipped with good References. __ 26 brakes, horn, and lights. Passing on curves is prohibited. Obey Authorized rates for public utilities 27 traffic rules. A gasoline and oil station is maintained on the main ILLUSTRATIONS highway at Government Camp. Gasoline and oils may also be The Sinnott Memorial Front. secured at rim area. No other gasoline stations are available in The Lake with Phantom Ship in the foreground Inside front. the park. Relief model of Crater Lake and the surrounding region.. Inside front. "The Sea of Silence," 6 miles across and 2,000 feet deep.. Inside back. Park Rangers. The rangers are here to help and advise you. When Sand Creek Pinnacles Inside back. in doubt ask a ranger. Rangers at the Information Bureau, Park "A thousand wonders are calling, 'Look up and down and round Headquarters, and the several stations will be glad to help you plan about you' "—John Muir Back. your activity while in Crater Lake and to explain the regulations. Guide map of Crater Lake National Park 16 Map showing location of national parks and monuments.. Inside back. Warning About Bears. Do not feed the bears from the hand; they in will not harm you if not fed at close range. Bears will enter or break Into automobiles if food that they can smell is left inside. They will also rob your camp of unprotected food supplies. Fishing. Five fish are the limit for a day's catch from the lake and 20 from streams in the park. No license is required for fishing within the park. Complete rules and regulations are available at Park Headquarters. II IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CRATER LAKE 1853. John Wesley Hillman and a group of prospectors discovered the lake and named it Deep Blue Lake. 1862. Chauncey Ney and party of prospectors, unaware of the pre vious discovery, accidentally visited the lake. 1865. Soldiers from Fort Klamath, without knowledge of the previous discoveries, visited the lake and named it Lake Majesty. CRATER EAKE KATIOKAL PARK 1869. Jim Sutton, accompanied by David Linn and family, of Jack sonville, visited the lake and named it Crater Lake. 1873. J. S. Diller, geologist, and Everett Hayden, of the United States OCATED in the very heart of the Cascade Range of southern Geological Survey, xlsited the lake. L1 Oregon, Crater Lake National Park takes its place among the 1884. First photograph, a daguerreotype, taken of Crater Lake by Nation's scenic wonderlands. It is a treasure box of incomparable Peter Britt. scenery where visitors long to linger. The park was established 1885. William Gladstone Steel, with Prof. Joseph Le Conte, ©apt. May 22, 1902, and now embraces an area of 250.52 square miles or Clarence E. Dutton, J. M. Beck, jr., and others, visited Crater 159,360 acres. Breath taking when first viewed, awe inspiring when Lake. Mr. Steel suggested that a national park be established its immensity is realized, mystifying in its strange silence, unique and a petition was sent to President Cleveland. in its blue color, Crater Lake is truly a wonder of the world. 1886. The President issued a proclamation withdrawing 10 townships, Six miles across and 2,000 feet deep, Crater Lake, encircled by un including Crater Lake. Lake surveyed and sounded by the broken lava cliffs over 1,000 feet high, is unequaled in its grandeur, United States Geological Survey. unchallenged in its beauty. Of it the poet Joaquin Miller wrote in 1888. First fish planted in Crater Lake by William Gladstone Steel. the Sunset Magazine: 1896. Mazamas visited Crater Lake and christened the ancestral The lake? The Sea of Silence? Ah, yes; I had forgotten—so much else; mountain, of which only the caldera remains, Mount Mazama. besides, I should like to let it alone, say nothing. It took such hold on my 1902. Crater Lake National Park, created by congressional action, heart, so unlike Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, when first seen, that I love it almost like one of my own family. But fancy a sea of sapphire set approved by President Theodore Roosevelt. First superin around by a compact circle of the great grizzly rock of Yosemite. It does not tendent, W. F. Arant, appointed. seem so sublime at first but the mote is in your own eye. It is great, great: 1907. First automobile driven to the rim of Crater Lake by Charles but it takes you days to see how great. It lies 2,000 feet under your feet and True, from Medford, Oreg. The Wocus, the first boat used in as it reflects its walls so perfectly that you can not tell the wall from the re flection In the intensely blue water you have a continuous unbroken, circular rendering a launch service to visitors, placed on the lake. wall of 24 miles to contemplate at a glance, all of which lies 2,000 feet, and 1912. First congressional appropriation passed for developing a high seems to lie 4,000 feet, below. Yet so bright, so intensely blue is the lake, that way system in the park. Crater Lake Lodge, the oldest struc it seems at times, from some points of view, to lift right in your face. ture, now existing in the rim area, was built. Visitors, 5,235. Mountain trails lead to the summits of high points about the rim 1916. National Park Service act passed October 25. and down a thousand feet to the shores of the sea of silence. At the 1919. Rim Road around Crater Lake completed. Visitors, 16,645. water's edge, motorboats and rowboats are available for those who 1925. Plaque in honor of John Wesley Hillman, the discoverer, placed wish to see more of the lake or try their hand at trout fishing. at Discovery Point. Visitors, 65,018. Regular boat trips are planned to Wizard Island, the perfect little 1926. Utility area and residence development at Government Camp crater rising above the surface of the lake. For those who do not started. Mount Scott Fire Lookout constructed. Naturalist descend the trail to the water's edge there is a motor drive around the activity inaugurated by Dr. Love Miller. Visitors, 86,019. rim of the lake. Every turn presents a different view. The con 1927. Crater Lake Ski Club organized and first annual ski races held. stantly changing color and the contrasts of lava cliffs and blue 1928. Crater Wall Trail completed. Housekeeping cabins and cafe water are beautiful beyond description. teria constructed. Visitors, 113,323. THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OE CRATER LAKE1 1930. Park roads cleared of snow by snow plow, hastening access to the lake by two to three months. Visitors, 157,693. What is the origin of the great caldera in which Crater Lake is 1931. Beginning of new standard-grade Rim Road. Sinnott Memorial located? The complete answer to this question is as yet unknown to and Museum completed and dedicated. Visitors, 170,284. science. There are, however, two theories which help to explain the 1932.