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EspañolSAN ANDREAS LAKE
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'San Andreas Lake' (from Spanish: ''Laguna de San Andreas'') is the name of an upland lake on the San Francisco Peninsula south of the city of San Francisco, California and west of San Bruno and Millbrae. The notorious San Andreas Fault received its name from this small lake. It is named for San Andreas or St. Andrew.
Originally a small, natural sag pond, the lake was expanded in the in 1870s with the construction of the earthen San Andreas Dam to form a 550-acre reservoir for the City of San Francisco.[1] The dam survived the 1906 earthquake despite the fact that the fault runs directly under the dam.
The Gaspar de Portola expedition camped on the shores of the lake on November 4 1769, just prior to their discovery of San Francisco Bay; the discovery site is on Sweeney Ridge immediately west of the lake.[2]
In 1895, Professor Andrew Lawson of UC Berkeley, conferred the name of the lake on the earthquake fault he discovered in its vicinity.
Since the lake is a public water source, it is closed to the public. However, hikers and bicyclists may travel along the eastern shores of the lake on a paved trail that runs just west of Skyline Boulevard from San Bruno Avenue to Millbrae Avenue. A connecting trail, called the Sawyer Camp Trail, crosses the rift valley on the San Andreas Dam. This 6 mile (10 km) trail eventually reaches the eastern shores of the Lower Crystal Springs reservoir and the Crystal Springs Dam.
★ Crystal Springs Reservoir
★ San Andreas Fault
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★ San Andreas Lake (USGS)
★ San Andreas Fault in the Bay Area (Stanford)
★ San Andreas Lake (map)
'San Andreas Lake' (from Spanish: ''Laguna de San Andreas'') is the name of an upland lake on the San Francisco Peninsula south of the city of San Francisco, California and west of San Bruno and Millbrae. The notorious San Andreas Fault received its name from this small lake. It is named for San Andreas or St. Andrew.
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| External links |
History
Originally a small, natural sag pond, the lake was expanded in the in 1870s with the construction of the earthen San Andreas Dam to form a 550-acre reservoir for the City of San Francisco.[1] The dam survived the 1906 earthquake despite the fact that the fault runs directly under the dam.
The Gaspar de Portola expedition camped on the shores of the lake on November 4 1769, just prior to their discovery of San Francisco Bay; the discovery site is on Sweeney Ridge immediately west of the lake.[2]
In 1895, Professor Andrew Lawson of UC Berkeley, conferred the name of the lake on the earthquake fault he discovered in its vicinity.
Public access
Since the lake is a public water source, it is closed to the public. However, hikers and bicyclists may travel along the eastern shores of the lake on a paved trail that runs just west of Skyline Boulevard from San Bruno Avenue to Millbrae Avenue. A connecting trail, called the Sawyer Camp Trail, crosses the rift valley on the San Andreas Dam. This 6 mile (10 km) trail eventually reaches the eastern shores of the Lower Crystal Springs reservoir and the Crystal Springs Dam.
See also
★ Crystal Springs Reservoir
★ San Andreas Fault
External links
★
★ San Andreas Lake (USGS)
★ San Andreas Fault in the Bay Area (Stanford)
★ San Andreas Lake (map)
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