Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Ellis Lake - Yuba County, California


Visited on 6/11/2018 on our way back from Springfield, Oregon to visit family and to attend Jeff’s niece, Hannah’s High School graduation ceremony.  We have driven by this little lake several times over the years.  At an elevation of 62 feet above sea level this man-made lake is located in the historic town of Marysville, California north of Sacramento about 50 miles.  This 20-acre Lake was once a spillway of the Feather River. It wasn't until 1924 that the Women's Improvement Club of Marysville commissioned John McClaren, designer of the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, to turn the swamp into a lake. The project was completed in 1939. The lake was named for Marysville citizen W.T. Ellis, Jr.
Work on the lake was completed during the Great Depression through President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Plan.

Work included landscaping, construction of two tennis courts and a judging stand, a 20-ft. concrete and native stone bridge connecting the mainland with an island in the lake, a dock and boat landing 39, rubble rock electroliers for night illumination; and the installation of an ornamental fountain and rubble walls on the banks.  Every year the City of Marysville has a fireworks display for the fourth of July around the lake for residents.
 
 

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