

Water skiing, jet skis and windsurfing are some of the activities available at this mountain lake. Shaver Lake is a popular lake for water sports activities. An accessible boat access is available near Sierra Marina at the north end of the lake. Camp Edison also has boat launching facilities for its paying customers. Shaver Lake Visitor Bureau - 55, or the Shaver Lake Marina - 55 BoatingĪ public boat launching ramp is maintained by Fresno County at the north end of the lake. Continue on Hwy 168 through the community of Shaver Lake to access the lake and SCE Camp Edison.įor more information about Shaver Lake and its available recreational opportunities please contact: Take Hwy 168 east from Clovis to Shaver Lake. In 1893 Shaver built a small rock-filled dam that impounded water to form a small mill pond to support logging operations.

Shaver, who logged in the area around the turn of the century. The reservoir is named for pioneer lumberman C.B.

Shaver Lake is part of the Big Creek Hydroelectric project which includes a system of lakes, tunnels, steel penstocks and power houses that convert water into electricity. Shaver Lake was constructed by the Pacific Light and Power Corporation, later named Southern California Edison in 1927. Southern California Edison (SCE) owns the lands around Shaver Lake and administers recreation sites at that location. Operated by SCE it provides opportunities for boating camping, hiking, fishing, sightseeing. Three fire complexes – where two or more fires merge – have burned more acreage than the Creek fire, including last year’s August Complex, which charred 1 million acres.ĬNN’s Steve Almasy contributed to this report.Shaver Lake is a popular recreational lake surrounded by thick pine forests of the Sierra National Forest. Twenty-nine fire fighters were injured fighting the blaze, Cal Fire said The blaze destroyed 853 structures and damaged 64, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The fire began September 4 and was finally declared contained just before Christmas. Gould said that at this point, “the case is considered closed, pending further leads.” In the end, lightning remains as the probable cause.” “Investigators spent countless hours hiking rugged terrain to determine the cause, interviewed numerous leads, and eliminated multiple potential causes. “We all want to know a definitive cause to what started the devastating Creek Fire last year,” Dean Gould, forest supervisor of the Sierra National Forest, said in a statement. He's seen firsthand how wildfires have worsened This California firefighter has been on the job 25 years. Pushed by heavy winds, the fire came out of the hills and destroyed multiple residences in central Doyle. The cost of recovery and rebuilding is estimated to exceed $500 million.įire consumes homes as the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, tears through Doyle, Calif., on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Despite some speculation, officials also said there were “no illegal marijuana grow sites nearby, so that also was excluded as a possible cause.”įresno County officials said the cost of fighting and extinguishing the fire was $193 million. Officials excluded many potential causes such as equipment use, escaped campfire, activities by children and burning debris. The undetermined status is “not uncommon given the complexities involved,” officials said in a news release. Lightning is the most probable cause of the wildfire, but authorities aren’t ruling out arson or “smoking activities,” fire investigators said in a news release. The Creek Fire, which burned more than 379,000 acres in the mountains of Fresno and Madera counties for months last year, destroyed more than 850 structures and spawned two firenados amid the state’s worst fire season on record. Despite an “exhaustive investigation,” the US Forest Service announced Friday the cause of the largest single fire in California’s recorded history is undetermined.
