Forest Lake, California
Forest Lake | |
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  Forest Lake Location in California  Forest Lake Forest Lake (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°49′05″N 122°43′04″W / 38.81806°N 122.71778°WCoordinates: 38°49′05″N 122°43′04″W / 38.81806°N 122.71778°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lake County |
| Elevation | 2,631 ft (802 m) |
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Forest Lake (formerly, Forest Lakes) was a resort in Lake County, California from the 19th century to the middle 20th.[2] It was located 0.25 miles (0.4 km) northwest of Whispering Pines,[3] at an elevation of 2631 feet (802 m).[1]
History[edit]
Originally the Forest Lake property was the home of James Hartford Smith, who bought the land in 1868.[2] His son Nate turned it into a campground, which he ran with his wife, which passed in turn to his son Will in 1900.[2] Will Smith sold the campground to Hugh Davey, who then sold it to James B. "Jim" McCauley.[4]
McCauley turned the campground into a resort, originally named Camp Calso but renamed to Forest Lake Resort in 1938.[4] McCauley dammed Kelsey Creek to create Lake McCauley in 1935; having built the main resort building in 1930.[4] He built cabins, and later in 1937 a swimming pool.[4] Jim McCauley and his niece's husband Vince Emerson ran the resort successfully until 1939, when Emerson took full responsibility.[5] Apart from the resort, Jim McCauley owned the Calso Company lumbering operation and Boggs Mountain.[lower-alpha 1] When Jim McCauley died in 1941 his property was divided between seven nieces and nephews, one of whom was Vince Emerson's son Don, who lived near the resort in Cobb.[6]
Husband and wife Vince and Marian Emerson ran the resort until Vince died in 1946, when the resort continued to be run by Marian and their son Don. Don in turn owned and ran it with his wife Dorothy from 1950 to 1963, creating the Hoberg's Forest Lake Golf Course in 1954.[4] Many family activities were available including horesback riding, as was supervised childcare.[7] The Emersons sold it to Joe Breen and Vic Tamera; and today, it no longer a resort, its owner is Calistoga Mineral Water (a subsidiary of Nestles).[4]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Boggs Mountain was later purchased by the State of California for use as a demonstration forest, the Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest.
Cross-reference[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 GNIS.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hoberg 2007, p. 109.
- ↑ Durham
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Hoberg 2007, pp. 109–110.
- ↑ Dillon 1995, p. 163.
- ↑ Dillon 1995, p. 164.
- ↑ Hoberg 2007, pp. 112–113.
Sources[edit]
- Dillon, Brian D. (1995), History and Prehistory of Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest, Lake County, California, State of California, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Archaeology Office
- "Forest Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Hoberg, Donna (2007). Resorts of Lake County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738547985. Search this book on
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 61. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
Further reading[edit]
- Gerike, Christian; Bestor Stewart, Suzanne (1988). "Forest Lake Resort". Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest: Prehistoric Archaeological Overview. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. ISBN 9781555676285. Search this book on
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