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7,700 years ago, Klamath indians lived around Crater Lake. The native americans believed that is was a sacred area. They tried to shield Crater Lake from white explorers. They thought it was just a place for praying and for spiritual purposes. They didn't want other people taking advantage of the beautiful area. They succeeded for a long time.
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Before Crater Lake was the beautiful lake that it is today, it was a volcano. This volcano was called Mount Mazama. Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed into a caldera. A caldera is a deep crater. The crater was 1,946 feet deep. This is how we get the name Crater Lake.
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When the 12,000-foot-tall volcano erupted, it created a crater. It was not a lake yet. Up on the mountains of Oregon where the Crater Lake sits, it gets a lot of snowfall. The snowfall melts and becomes the clear beautiful water that we have in it today. Believe it or not, Crater Lake is still being filled up with water. It keeps snowing, and the snow melts, and the snow becomes water. The crater became a lake.
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A group of people looking for gold found Crater Lake. They named it the great blue lake. After admiring it, they left.
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Crater Lake was found again. This time is was found by two hunters. They did not just admire it then leave it. They wanted to show everyone.
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Jim Sutton and a few other people lowered a boat into the cool blue waters. This was the first boat ride in Crater Lake.
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Crater Lake has many different names. Jim Sutton is the person to finally name it Crater Lake.
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William decided that Crater Lake needed to be a National Park after seeing it in a newspaper when he was young. It took 17 years for it to become a Crater Lake.
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After all of William's hard work, Crater lake finally becomes a national park. President Theodore Roosevelt signed a document establishing Crater lake as a National Park.
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Crater Lake is a National Park now and there are many fun activities that you can do there. It is a beautiful place and an amazing national park.
