Crater Lake National Park

Deep in the wilderness of the Cascades lays Oregon’s crown jewel, Crater Lake. The Klamath and Modoc Indians have long revered the lake, which they call Giiwas, as a place of power and danger, a sacred site for vision quests and prayers. In the spring of 1853, Isaac Skeeters, John Wesley Hillman and Henry Klippel were searching for the rumored Lost Cabin gold mine when they stumbled upon what they called Deep Blue Lake. Over the years, other prospectors and even a military road-building cr