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Summer Lake
Ancient Story Telling

Petroglyph Summer Lake

Petroglyphs are scattered throughout the Summer Lake valley, including these examples photographed near Crump Lake. Rock art in Oregon's high desert is estimated to be from the Pleistocene era, some 7,000 years ago.
Absolutely breathtaking!

Photo courtesy of the Lodge at Summer Lake
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Winter Ridge - Summer Lake
Report of the Second Fremont Expedition

Captain John C. Fremont, 16 December 1843

Summer Lake Winter Ridge"At our feet...more than a thousand feet below...we looked into a green prairie country, in which a beautiful lake, some twenty miles (32 km) in length, was spread along the foot of the mountain...Shivering on snow three feet deep, and stiffening in a cold north wind, we exclaimed at once that the names of summer lake and winter ridge should be applied to these proximate places of such sudden and violent contrast."  READ MORE

Photo courtesy of the Lodge of Summer Lake.

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Photo Contest

Win a free trip to the Lodge at Summer Lake

D Shaw and ZoOregon Lakes & Rivers magazine is giving away a FREE $750 trip to the Lodge at Summer Lake on Oregon's Outback Scenic Highway to the winner of the (Live) Bird Hunting Photo Contest. Great prizes will also be awarded to the first two runners-up. Winning entries will be posted on the home page of the Oregon Lakes & Rivers website. All honorable mention entries will be posted on the Oregon Lakes & Rivers blogspot.

To Enter: Submit your photo/s of birds, bird dogs, hunters and/or landscapes by January 15, 2011 via email in low-resolution jpeg file/s. (Limit: 5 images per entrant and no dead bird photos, please.) Winners and runners up will be announced on the Oregon Lakes & Rivers website on or before February 1, 2011. 

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Photo of Dennis Shaw and Zo, by Gary Pearl Photography



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Featured Blog

Summer Lake Hunting Report
By Gary Brain, Lodge at Summer Lake

Summer Lake Snow Geese

Summer Lake Wildlife Management Area is one of the few management areas that is open seven days a week for bird hunting.  All that is needed is a hunting license; federal and state waterfowl stamps and free area permit that you can fill in when you arrive at the check in station located just across the road from the Lodge at Summer Lake. Depending on the time of year and weather conditions one can find several different species of ducks and geese including Snows, Western Canada's and White Fronted geese. Quail and pheasant hunting fill in the gaps in waterfowl hunting as well a private fee hunt area nearby. Hunting information can be obtained at The Lodge at Summer Lake.

 
Right now at Summer Lake
: Snow and Canadian Geese, Ducks


Helpful Links

 The Lodge at Summer Lake

ODF&W Visitor's Guide: Summer Lake Wildlife Area

ODF&W Hunting Forecast

Other ODF&W Hunting Resources, Including Free Maps


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Bend: Old Mill District
December 8-12
Returning to Bend's Old Mill District, the five-day USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships introduces a new, challenging course for 2010. Competitors, fans and family can also take part in the Cross Culture: Art+Bike Festival, featuring live music, film screenings, parties and more.
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Alpen Wings BinocularsBy Scott Staats
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As a birder, it's crucial to have to right optics or you might miss that rare sighting. On a birding trip to Texas last spring I took only one pair of binoculars - Alpen's new Wings ED 10x42. These are the best pair of binoculars I've ever owned and helped me add 30 new birds to my life list. The Wings are bright and clear, and comparable to optics twice the price. READ MORE
 
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Finding Fremont
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Finding Fremont

The remarkable story of John C. Fremont's 1843 trek through Oregon comes to life through Fremont's own journal entries and the living color of Loren Irving's photography. Irving located and recorded all of Fremont's 31 Oregon camps, strung out from The Dalles to the Nevada border.

 In the dead of winter, Fremont led an expedition with Kit Carson, Billy Chinook and twenty three other men, 104 horses and mules, and just for good measure, a 223-pound cannon they dragged along for 400 miles.
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