Lake Ewauna

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Lake Ewauna is the headwaters of the Klamath River in southern Oregon. Fed by Link River from Upper Klamath Lake and controlled by the release of water from Keno Dam 18 miles downstream, Lake Ewauna stays at a constant level throughout the year.

At just over 2000 meters long, Lake Ewauna is the ideal length for crew rowing and since 1970 Lake Ewauna Rowing Club [1] has been using the lake for practice and competition.

Lake Ewauna was home to several lumber mills in the 20th century, and was a log pond for those mills. The last floating logs came out in the 1990s as the last mill on the lakeshore, Modoc Lumber Company, closed its doors. The former Modoc millsite is now being developed as Timbermill Shores [2]

Some bottom logs were removed from the lake bottom in the late 1990's but many remain still on the bottom, remnants of a near century of log pond use. A few logs rise to the surface in spring every year causing hazard to boat traffic.