Lake Siskiyou is a reservoir formed by Box Canyon DamBox Canyon Dam NPDP Dam Directory. Accessed 2008-01-04. on the Sacramento River, in far northern California, near the town of Mount Shasta, California.Map of Lake Siskiyou accessed 2008-01-04. It is the site of local recreation, as well as being used for watershed protection and flood control.
History Lake Siskiyou was created as part of The Box Creek Dam project, a subset of the California State Water Project subsequent to the passage of the Burns-Porter Act. The lake was purchased by the state using eminent domain from the local Boss and Spini families, who used the area for their ranches prior to the dam's construction.
Wagon Creek Bridge In late 2010 a walking bridge over the wagon creek inlet was completed, finishing a trail that wraps around the entire lake. The cost of the bridge was $2.8 million; funding was obtained from the McConnell Foundation, The State of California and federal stimulus funds. The McConnell Foundation also provided funds for the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California.Redding Searchlight "Wagon Creek bridge will open Tuesday" October 14, 2010
See also List of dams and reservoirs in California List of lakes in California
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