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366 m (1,201 ft) Whiskeytown Lake is a reservoir in Shasta County in northwestern California, United States, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Redding. The lake is in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area . Whiskeytown Lake has a capacity of 241,100 acre⋅ft (297.4 Gl) and is formed by Whiskeytown Dam on ...
Whiskeytown, California. / 40.6348°N 122.5610°W / 40.6348; -122.5610. Whiskeytown was an unincorporated community in Shasta County, California, United States. Although once a bustling mining town, it was flooded to make way for Whiskeytown Lake in 1962, now part of Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area.
The recreation area was authorized in 1965 by the United States Congress. Recreational activities available include swimming, fishing, boating, camping, and hiking . The Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area (WST-NRA) has a total of 246,087 acres (99,588 ha) of land, which is divided into the Shasta, Trinity, and Whiskeytown ...
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Whiskeytown Dam (officially Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam) [6] is an earthfill dam on Clear Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River of northern California in the United States. President Kennedy speaks at the dam's dedication on September 28, 1963. The dam is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Redding, and impounds Whiskeytown Lake on ...
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French Gulch, California. / 40.70528°N 122.63528°W / 40.70528; -122.63528. French Gulch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. Its population is 373 as of the 2020 census, up from 346 from the 2010 census.
The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278 miles (10,103 km) of streams and rivers. Major features include Shasta Lake, the largest man-made lake in California and Mount Shasta, elevation 14,179 feet (4,322 m). The Shasta–Trinity National Forest offers a wide range of ...