Visited on 3/16/2018 while traveling on a work assignment to Pilot Rock Conservation Camp to proctor inmate examinations for the Drinking Water and Wastewater Operator Certification program. Lake Arrowhead is an artificial lake located in the San Bernardino Mountains on Little Bear Creek, a tributary of Deep Creek and the Mojave River. It has a surface area of approximately 780 acres at an elevation of 5,125 feet above sea level. It is surrounded by the unincorporated community of Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino County, California.
The lake was originally intended to serve as part of a major waterworks project to provide irrigation water to the San Bernardino Valley, and construction of the Lake Arrowhead Dam began toward that end in 1904. However, the original project was halted due to litigation over water supplies to land owners on the desert side of the mountains. Construction of the dam was completed in 1922 by the Arrowhead Lake Company, a Los Angeles syndicate, as part of a plan to develop the area into a resort.
Use of the lake is
currently controlled by the Arrowhead Lake Association, which maintains the
lake for the recreational use of its members. The Lake Arrowhead Community
Services District withdraws water from the lake for treatment and distribution
to local residents for potable use.
Picture taken in late afternoon with a storm looming on the Rim of the World Highway 18 overlook with a 5,000 foot drop over the San Bernardino Valley.
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