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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



"THE PHANTOM SHIP" 



A close view shows its rugged outline and mast-like rocks. From this position, however, the similarity 

 to a ship is not so readily visible. 



year leading from the rim to the water's edge, such 

 careless little trips frequently proved disastrous, for the 

 return climb was then very arduous, covering as it did 

 nearly a thousand feet of difference in elevation. Stand- 

 ing on the rim, the 

 descent to the 

 Lake seems to be 

 little more than a 

 short walk of ten 

 or fifteen minutes. 

 Coming back over 

 a p o o r 1 y-c o n- 

 structed trail, the 

 thousand-foot 

 climb lengthens in 

 a most astounding 

 manner. One of 

 the first steps 

 taken, when the 

 measures of Sec- 

 retary Lane were 

 adopted for the 

 development of 

 the Parks, was the 

 construction of a 

 practical trail on 

 easy grade from 

 the rim of the 



crater to the water's edge. This is now complete and 

 greatly reduces the labor of the trip, although the climb 

 is still much more than it seems. 



Crater Lake has been more successful, considering its 

 area, than other parks in the system in securing appro- 

 priations from Congress for its improvement and develop- 

 ment. Congress is committed to a plan for building 

 an encircling highway around the rim of the Lake as 

 close to the brink as practical construction will admit. 

 The two roads, one from the southern entrance and one 

 from the west- 

 ern entrance, 

 which are now 

 completed, are 

 a part of the 

 road scheme 

 for the devel- 

 opment of the 

 Park to which 

 Congress has 

 given its con- 

 sent. Whether 

 the Appropria- 

 tion Committee 

 was caught in 

 a moment of 

 mental aberra- 

 tion when this 



nlan was nut tk k , WIZARD ISLAND. CRATER LAKE 



thranvl or JS&JrteSSttS^^ SW 



mroilgn, Or the head of the great god Llao. 



ll!ttRA**!?*. of civi>i,ion .ay. The Indian,. howeVer7 stifi holdTtea'dfaTt 'to'the WBrfthlt' it 



whether they were led to see the light which again seems 

 to them so dim, cannot be definitely ascertained, but the 

 people of southern Oregon, and, in fact, all who love 

 the scenery of our country, are particularly grateful and 



delighted over the 

 fact that Crater 

 Lake will soon 

 present a wonder- 

 ful field for motor 

 touring. 



After the jour- 

 ney from the rail- 

 road station to the 

 Lake has been 

 successful ly 

 weathered, 

 there is quite 

 enough of inter- 

 est, not only in 

 the scenery imme- 

 diately about the 

 Lake and crater 

 rim, but in other 

 parts of the Park, 

 to justify a stay 

 of several days. 

 A g o o d motor- 

 boat is kept at the 

 landing down on the Lake's edge, and a trip around the 

 borders of the Lake in this boat is perhaps one of the 

 most fascinating experiences that can be had. The boat 

 passes around jagged points of sharp rock, under the 

 shadows of beetling cliffs and out into the sunlight again 

 in a way that makes one feel as if fairyland were really 

 true. In places where the water is not more than thirty 

 or forty feet deep, the jade-green lava at the bottom can 

 be clearly seen. In other places the boat over the rim 

 of the inner crater, and the suddenness with which the 

 bottom seems to drop out of things, is breath-taking. The 



trip around the 

 border of the 

 Lake is some 

 twenty-four 

 miles in length 

 and every foot 

 of it is full of 

 fascinating in- 

 terest. A very 

 popular way of 

 spending a lit- 

 tle time at the 

 Lake is the 

 trip to Wizard 

 Island and a 

 stay there over 

 night. 



Wizard 

 Island is about 

 three-quarters 



