Giant Waterfall Discovered in Calif. Park

[Eugene]

Giant Waterfall Discovered in Calif. Park


Friday August 12, 2005 11:01 AM

AP Photo SC103

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

Associated Press Writer

WHISKEYTOWN, Calif. (AP) - Dick McDermott knows these parts as well as
any man can. But McDermott says he's never laid eyes on the nearly
400-foot waterfall that park officials recently discovered in a remote
corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 43,000 acres of
wilderness in northern California.

The 92-year-old used to earn a meager living mining the creeks that
meander through the deeply wooded hills. He has slogged through the
brush and hiked overgrown logging roads, hunting deer and gathering
wood for his homemade fiddles.

"Sure, I was surprised," he said from his home in the park,
where he's lived for more than 70 years. "I've been all around that
place, I never seen 'em."

Until recently, very few had seen the roaring water that tumbles
three tiers before pouring neatly into Crystal Creek. That such a
spectacle should evade even park officials for nearly 40 years is
remarkable, said park superintendent Jim Milestone.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5205404,00.html

Edit: Added picture from Washington Post

[BootinUp]

1. what, no pic?

oh well. interesting story nonetheless.

[Fridays Child]

2. I went looking. They're scarce.

But here are some...

http://www.reddingmountainbiking.com/Whiskeytownfalls.html

[BootinUp]

3. thanks!

:)