Mary Lake | |
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Location | Shasta County, California |
Coordinates | 40°34′30″N 122°25′58″W / 40.57500°N 122.43278°W [1] |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Jenny Creek [2] |
Primary outflows | Jenny Creek |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface elevation | 722 ft (220 m) [1] |
Settlements | Redding, California |
Mary Lake is a small freshwater human-made lake in Redding, California, United States. It is located near the Mary Lake Subdivision on the west side of Redding off Buenaventura Boulevard. [3] Its inflow and outflow is Jenny Creek, which flows into the Sacramento River.
Mary Lake was previously known as Falks Lake. [1]
In 2001 the City of Redding lowered the lake, removed 2/3 of the dead trees and added microbes that compete naturally with algae growth, restoring the water to its picturesque appearance of years ago. [3] In 2009, as many as five beaver living in the lake and Jenny Creek were violently killed, perhaps by rock throwing youths. [4] [5]