THE ORBGON SPORTSMAN 247 

DIAMOND LAKE—ONE OF BEAUTY SPOTS 
OF OREGON 
By Jor SKELTON. 
Diamond Lake, which I believe is one of the most beautifully 
situated lakes I have seen in Oregon, lies in Douglas County about 
17 miles straight north of Crater Lake. This lake which has a shore 
line of probably 12. 0r 15 miles is surrounded on the south, east and 
west for the most part by grassy meadows sprinkled with jack-pines, 
while the north side is steeper and of a more rocky nature. The water 
of the lake itself is not too cold for swimming and with several small 
streams emptying into it from the east side and Short and Silent 
Creeks from the south side, makes this place, except for the fishing, 
an ideal camping place. 
On the south side, 17 miles away, one can see the rim of Crater 
Lake and Mt. Stott; on the east side, about six miles away, lies Mt. 
Thielsen or Cowhorn Peak, on the west side lies Old Bailey, a high but 
well rounded peak, and at the north in the distance Diamond Peak 
can be seen. 
The road in to Diamond Lake, while being far from good, is not 
nearly as bad as it might be, and seven of us, including Fish and Game 
Commissioner C. F. Stone, Gus Melhase, William Houston, George 
Kedtstever, and Wardens H. D. Stout, C. M. Ramsby and myself made 
the trip in there July 23 in two cars, Mr. Melhase’s Reo six and the 
State car, which carried the camp outfit. 
Going up we went by way of Chiloquin and the distance from 
Klamath Falls to the place where we camped is 87.7 miles and can be 
made easily in six or seven hours. 
I said before that except for the fishing, Diamond Lake would 
make an ideal camping place. There are no fish in the lake. Last 
year about 35,000 rainbow trout were planted there by the state and 
several years ago six or eight thousand were planted, but they have 
all probably gone down the Umpqua River, which heads in this lake, 
and a falls about 20 feet high, several hundred yards below the outlet 
would prevent their returning. 
We searched Short Creek and Silent Creek, and Will Houston and 
I paddled all around the lake in a folding canvas boat and not a fish 
did we see. While the water of Silent Creek is rather cold the pebbled 
bottom would make an ideal spawning ground, but a thorough search of 
