ProCaliberTraveler
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One consequence of the wildly wet winter California had is the reappearance of Owens Lake in Inyo County, CA, outside of the western borders of Death Valley National Park. This lake used to be full of water and there are stories of how miners used steamboats to ferry ore to the western shore where it would be loaded onto a railroad and transported to Southern California.
After the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power gained control of the Owens Valley in the early 1900s and diverted water into the Los Angeles Aqueduct for the needs of LA, Owens Lake slowly dried up. Until this spring, it was a dry lake bed for decades. You can imagine how astounding it has been for locals to see water here again due to the heavy snowmelt!
After the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power gained control of the Owens Valley in the early 1900s and diverted water into the Los Angeles Aqueduct for the needs of LA, Owens Lake slowly dried up. Until this spring, it was a dry lake bed for decades. You can imagine how astounding it has been for locals to see water here again due to the heavy snowmelt!
