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Hume Lake is on Tenmile Creek, which is a tributary of the Kings River, and adjacent to the unincorporated community of Hume. The surface elevation of the lake is 1,586.34 m (5,204.5 ft). It is accessible from California Route 180, via Forest Service road 30, and is about 51 miles (82 km) east of Fresno , not far from the west entrance to Kings ...
It is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Fresno, [2] at an elevation of 5344 feet (1629 m). [1] Hume is located in the 93628 ZIP Code, in area code 559. Hume is situated on the south shore of Hume Lake in the Sequoia National Forest, not far from the west entrance to Kings Canyon National Park. Much of the community and the lake is devoted to the ...
Constructed over a 17-year period between 1919 and 1936, [3] the Hume Dam is located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of the city of Albury.The dam was built, involving a workforce of thousands, by a consortium of NSW and Victorian government agencies that included the Water Resources Commission of New South Wales, the Public Works Department of New South Wales, and the State Rivers ...
Hume Lake Christian Camps is a non-denominational, nonprofit [1] parachurch organization and is one of the largest operators of Christian camps and conference centers in the world. Hume operates year-round camps and conference centers at multiple locations with programing for youth, family, and adults and has hosted more than 1 million visitors.
In 1905, the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company, the successor to the Kings River Lumber Company, relocated its logging operations to a new site and established the town of Hume. The company built a new logging complex, which included Hume Lake. This became the new center of economic activity in the area. As a result, Millwood quickly declined.
The company also extended the Sequoia Railroad to Hume Lake, adding two Shay locomotives and building a trestle over the water to a new log dump. [12] The flume was also extended by 17 miles, with Hume Lake serving as the new flume head, making it 73 miles long from Hume to Sanger, the longest log flume ever built.
Lake Hume is situated on the Murray River 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) upstream of Albury. The Hume Dam (colloquially termed the Weir locally) wall construction took 17 years, from 1919 to 1936. A hydro-electric power plant supplies 60 MW of power to the state grid. When full, the lake covers 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi).
The river rises below Mount Bogong, the highest mountain in the Victorian Alps, with the Mitta Mitta River forming at the confluence of the Cobungra River and the Big River, just south of Anglers Rest, flowing generally north, joined by twenty-four minor tributaries including the Dart River, before reaching its mouth with the Murray River, east of Albury at Lake Hume.