Bear Lake Watch held their Annual Meeting June 18th
at Sunrise Resort. Friends of the Annual Merlin Olsen Golf Tournament
encouraged people to participate in this fun activity.
Claudia Cottle Co-director of Bear lake Watch spoke about
the historical formation of Bear lake with a clever timeline interspersed with
food. A booklet was given to each couple to look at while she discussed the
aspects of Bear Lake’s formation. Claudia also mention the 4 endemic fish from
the lake.
When the United States bought/took the land from the
Mississippi to the Pacific then the government had to figure out what they
owned and how to govern the land.
Co-director Dave Cottle introduced the maps of the United
States and the time frames of settlements. The government knew they had to do
something so they sent surveyors out. The surveyors designated Bear Lake as a
project they needed to start on so it was called #1. The project was to raise
the north beach area 10’. That would
make all of the lowlands around the Lake Federal lands. BUT…..something
else was in the works.
Claudia then spoke about the formation of power plants and
how it affected the Lake area. This is a fascinating tale of money and power.
Many thanks to the Cottles for their love of Bear Lake and
their work in preserving this treasure for the future.
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