| Title: | Island Lake | | Area: | Sky Lakes Wilderness | | Size: | 40 Acres | | Depth: | 17 Feet | | Elevation: | 5906 Feet | | Elevation_Gain: | -354 | | Trail: | Blue Canyon | | Misc: | stocked with brook trout | | Links: |
Blue Canyon Trail
Trip Journal - 8/16/2007 | | Notes: | The historical interest here is that Judge John Waldo, who spent 30 summers camping in the high Cascades, camped here with 4 companions on September 13, 1888 while on their way from Crater Lake to Mt Shasta. The tree still stands where they carved their names. | | Trail_Number: | 982 | | Route: | From Medford, take Highway 62 east, right on Butte Falls Highway, continue through Butte Falls, left towards Prospect, right on road #34, right on #37, left of #3770 to trailhead. | | TH_elevation: | 6260 | | Alt_trail: | Long Lake - 6.0 miles | | Distance: | 5.5 | | USGS_75: | Pelican Butte | | Reference: | 100 Hikes Southern Oregon by Sullivan / Backpacking Oregon by Lorain / Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity by Schaffer | 
Island Lake - - - - August 16, 2007 | 
Judge Waldo Tree | 
Mt McLoughlin for north end of Island Lake - - - - August 16, 2007 | | Type: | Lake | | Backpack: | yes | | Fishing: | yes | | Historic: | yes |
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