Visited on 5/19/2018, Jeff and our two chocolate Labradors, Summer and Skye joined me on a business trip to give Drinking Water examinations in the Central Valley of California. We traveled in the Central Valley foothills northeast of Fresno to an elevation of 5,500 feet above sea level to Shaver Lake. We camped at the Dorabelle Campgrounds on the southwest side of the lake. Shaver Lake is an artificial lake on Stevenson Creek, in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County, California. Several smaller streams also flow into the lake, and it receives water from the underground tunnels of Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. The small town Shaver Lake is located on its south-west shore.
The lake was formed with the construction of Shaver Lake Dam, which was built by Southern California Edison and completed in 1927. The 180-foot dam was built in 50-foot blocks, with a keyway to hold it in place and a 75-centimeter copper sheet to make it watertight. The lake is 2,177 acres in size. Some water from the lake is discharged into Stevenson Creek for fish and other wildlife, but the rest is diverted to Big Creek, where it powers several hydroelectric plants in succession.
The area now covered
by the lake was extensively logged before the dam was built, and an extensive
log flume system several miles long was constructed to bring logs down the
mountain. The town to this day maintains a nostalgic logging theme. Several
buildings in town are in fact old, converted sawmills. Adjacent to the lake is
Camp Edison, built and operated by Southern California Edison.
The
reality TV shows Endurance High Sierras and Capture were filmed at Shaver Lake
in summer 2006 and summer 2013, respectively.
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