Determination of Eligibility for Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal Research, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 2003

The Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal project is composed of several parts, a forebay, the dam and headgates, and the canal. The canal was built to run adjacent to the exclusive use area previously set aside for a hatchery on Lake Creek. Diamond Lake named by pioneer John Diamond who may have discovered it in 1852 from Diamond Peak where he explored the Cascade Range. John Breckenridge Waldo, an avid outdoorsman, spent his summers in the High Cascades, where he visited both Diamond Lake and Crater Lake. Waldo worked to get the area protected, and in 1893, President Grover Cleveland signed an executive order protecting the Cascade Range Forest Reserve which included Crater Lake. With the increasing number of visitors to Crater Lake, Diamond Lake became wellknown and in 1902 was established as a National Park. Included are images, maps, and images of the canal location, with the surrounding area.