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Lake Sabrina is a lake created by damming the middle fork of Bishop Creek. [2] It is located south-west of Bishop, California on California State Route 168, in the Inyo National Forest. [3] It has a cafe as well as a dock. The dam was built in 1907–8 to supply a constant flow of water to the hydraulic power plants. [4]
Bishop: Also called "First Permanent White Habitation in Owens Valley" Putnam's Stone Cabin: 223: Putnam's Stone Cabin: 139 Edwards St. Independence: San Francis Ranch: 208: San Francis Ranch: Red Hill Rd. & State Hwy 168
Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) [1] stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed. Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power ...
Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is the most populous and only incorporated city in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley within the Mojave Desert , at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). [ 4 ]
Aspendell is located 17 miles from the town of Bishop, California, and is a popular tourist destination, known in the fall for its Aspen trees, the winter for Winter sports and in the summer for Hiking, Fishing, and Camping opportunities. Local destinations include Intake II, Lake Sabrina, North Lake, and multiple campgrounds. There is little ...
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The site is a California Historical Landmark number 811.. The California Historical Landmark reads: NO. 811 BISHOP CREEK BATTLEGROUND - On April 6, 1862, a battle took place around this site between newly arrived citizens of the Owens River Valley and the original inhabitants of the land, the Paiute and Shoshone Indians.
Baxter Creek or Stege Creek [1] (also archaically Bishop Creek [1]), is a three-branch creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California, United States, forming the Baxter Creek watershed. The creek has three sources and flows from the Berkeley Hills to Stege Marsh and the San Francisco Bay. The Baxter Creek watershed at-large has 10 sources. [2]