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The lake was created when the 25-foot (7.6 m) tall Fourmile Lake Dam was constructed, impounding Fourmile Creek, in the Klamath River watershed. It is located just to the east of Mount McLoughlin, which stands 9,495 feet (2,894 m) above sea level. The lake is bordered by Sky Lakes Wilderness, and is in the Winema National Forest.
Around the base of the mountain, there are a number of lakes, including the Lake of the Woods and Fourmile Lake. The Upper Klamath Lake, the largest body of freshwater in the state, sits to the east of Mount McLoughlin. [5] The Summit Lake is a small lake on the northern slope of the volcano between the Rogue River and the Klamath Basin. [13]
The Cascade Canal begins at Fourmile Lake, located 5,748 feet (1,752 m) above sea level. [4] It travels southeast, around a ridge named Rye Spur (sometimes known as Aye Spur). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At the edge of Rye Spur, the canal curves right forming a half-circle of about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) radius, then travels northwest until it meets Ursa Creek.
a mountain lake 10 miles (16 km) north of Mount Jefferson Oswego Lake: a natural lake (though artificially enlarged) that is a former channel of the Tualatin River: Owyhee Reservoir: an impoundment of the Owyhee River by Owyhee Dam in Eastern Oregon; Oregon's longest lake (52 miles (84 km)) Paulina Lake: one of two crater lakes in Newberry Caldera
The Sky Lakes Wilderness straddles southern Oregon's Cascade Range from Crater Lake National Park southward to Oregon Route 140.It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and 27 miles (43 km) long, with elevations ranging from 3,800 feet (1,200 m) in the canyon of the Middle Fork of the Rogue River to 9,495 feet (2,894 m) at the top of Mount McLoughlin, the highest peak in southern Oregon and ...
From the lookout, one can see Mount Shasta, Mount Ashland, Mount McLoughlin, as well as on clear days, the rim of Crater Lake. [ 8 ] The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument land use plan has been the source of local and national controversy over multi-use planning for wilderness and roadless areas . [ 9 ]
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Fish Lake with Mount McLoughlin in the background Little Butte Creek drains approximately 373 square miles (966 km 2 ) of southern Oregon . Elevations range from 1,204 feet (367.0 m) at the mouth of the creek to 9,495 feet (2,894 m) at the summit of Mount McLoughlin, with an average of 3,496 feet (1,066 m). [ 4 ]