Friday, January 16, 1970

Places: CA-Pinecrest


Pinecrest-5,679' (Pinecrest)  (38.1885279, -119.9907392)
Pinecrest Campground-5,633' (Pinecrest)  (38.1896390, -119.9954616)
Pinecrest Lake-5,620' (Pinecrest)  (38.1960639, -119.9823211)
Pinecrest-5,679' (Pinecrest)  (38.1885279, -119.9907392)
Pinecrest-5,679' (Pinecrest)  (38.1885279, -119.9907392)
Pinecrest-5,679' (Pinecrest)  (38.1885279, -119.9907392)

Description:
Called Edna lake-Named by R. B. Marshall, U.S.G.S., for Miss Edna Bowman, of San Jose, now (1926) Mrs. Charles J. Kuhn, of San Francisco. (R. B. Marshall.)  From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

From GNIS:
  • Pincrest Lake:
    • Formed by damming the South Fork Stanislaus River 0.96 km (0.6 mi) east of mile marker 32 and 1.6 km (1 mi) east of the community of Strawberry.
    • Also called
      • Edna Lake: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981).
      • Edna lake Reservoir: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981).
      • Strawberry Lake: U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). In 1950 a sub-committee from the California Chamber of Commerce started the name change from Strawberry to Pinecrest

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