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Diamond Lake was named for John Diamond, for whom Diamond Peak is also named. He saw the lake in 1852 while on the summit of Diamond Peak. Diamond was a pioneer settler of Coburg, Oregon, and part of a party opening a road between the Middle Fork Willamette River and Idaho as an immigration route. [5]
John Diamond, an 1847 Irish immigrant settler at Coburg, first saw the lake in 1852 while seeking a wagon route over the Cascades. He climbed above timberline on a commanding peak and saw, due south twenty-three miles, a skyline lake. His name was given to his viewpoint, Diamond Peak (8,750 feet), and to Diamond Lake.
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Aug 27, 2014 · Inscription. When Daniel Delaney and a man named McLeod camped on the shores of the lake in 1855, they became the first white men of record to visit the area. John Masters, a land developer who came in 1856, gave the body of water its name.
Nov 16, 2022 · The lake is named after John Diamond, a settler from the Willamette Valley, who first saw the lake when he climbed Diamond Peak in 1852. The lake is a year-round destination, with its many campgrounds often filling to capacity in the summer and skiers and snowmobilers arriving in winter. An 11-mile bike path leads around the lake.
Jul 3, 2019 · Diamond Lake was named after John Diamond, a pioneer settler who first noticed the lake from atop the soon-to-be-named Diamond Peak. The lake is nestled completely within the Umpqua National Forest and is flanked on the west by Mt. Bailey, which has visible snowfields year-round, and Mt. Thielsen to the east.
Aug 31, 2012 · Leave the falls behind and continue a short 16 miles east to reach the gem of Oregon’s Cascades called Diamond Lake. It’s where anglers have caught on to a really good thing: plump and plentiful rainbow trout. Laura Jackson, a fishery biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said that back in 2006 it was a different story.
Jul 1, 2019 · It’s more of an oblong rectangle 3 ½ miles long by 1 ½ miles wide. Under the right conditions, it does sparkle like a diamond, but that’s not how it got its name either. Diamond Lake was named after John Diamond, a pioneer settler who first noticed the lake from atop the soon-to-be-named Diamond Peak.
