Lake Oroville, also known as Lake Edmonston, is a reservoir in the U.S. state of California, formed by the Oroville Dam across the Feather River. The lake is situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Oroville. At over 3,500,000 acre feet (4.3 km3), it is one of the largest reservoirs in California, after Shasta Lake. The lake is fed by the North Fork, Middle Fork, West Branch and South Forks of the Feather River.
The lake has a 9,000 ft (2,700 m) diameter landing area for seaplanes. The lake is a popular bass fishing location, while coho salmon are stocked from the Feather River Fish Hatchery.
Read more about Lake Oroville: History, Downriver Facilities
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“What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone! None of your half-mile swamps, none of your mile-wide woods merely, as on the skirts of our towns, without hotels, only a dark mountain or a lake for guide-board and station, over ground much of it impassable in summer!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)