Sunday, January 27, 2019

Mississippi Lake (Santa Clara County, California)

Asiaticus: Mississippi Lake (Santa Clara County, California)~~~~


'''Mississippi Lake''' is [[reservoir]] on [[Mississippi Creek]] within [[Henry W. Coe State Park]] in [[Santa Clara County, California]]. It is also the largest reservoir in the park.

== History ==
Mississippi Lake was created when the valley of Mississippi Creek, that runs southward through the Diablo Range, was dammed in the 20th century on the south side of [[Valle Atravesado]] and is now a [[reservoir]]. This reservoir was originally named '''Murray Lake''', named after its builder Murray Hopkins, who not only built the reservoir but the 59 miles of [[County Line Road (Santa Clara County, Stanislaus County, California)|County Line Road]] along the [[Drainage divide|divide]] of the Diablo Range between [[San Antonio Valley]] and [[Fifield Ranch]].<ref name=Latta>[[Frank Forrest Latta|Frank F. Latta]], JOAQUIN MURRIETA AND HIS HORSE GANGS, Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, California. 1980.</ref>

== Current status ==
Mississippi Lake has camping around the lake and bass fishing. Vault toilets are at the south and northwest ends of the lake. <ref>[http://bit.ly/2UlvpNN Henry Coe State Park Backpacking – Mississippi Lake] from backpackersreview.wordpress.com accessed January 26, 2019</ref>

== References ==




[[Category:Reservoirs in Santa Clara County, California]]
[[Category:Diablo Range]]


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