Reflection Lake
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| Reflection Lake | |
|---|---|
 Reflection Lake, June 2022 | |
  Reflection Lake  Reflection Lake | |
| Location | Lassen Volcanic National Park, Shasta County, California, US |
| Coordinates | 40°32′14″N 121°33′56″W / 40.5373111°N 121.5655760°W |
| Basin countries | United States |
Reflection Lake is a lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
In the late 1800s, the lake was lower in level and more indicative of a pond and was aptly named, Mud Lake. To attract more people to the area, a channel was dug to divert water from nearby Manzanita Creek into Mud Lake. Trout were planted in the lake with an increased water level. For a few years, people paid the landowner to fish in the lake. Eventually, trout planting ceased.[1]
In 1926, park benefactor Benjamin Franklin Loomis purchased 40 acres, which included the lake. Reflection Lake was one location that Loomis captured photographs of the 1914–1915 Lassen Peak eruptions. Loomis and his wife Estella donated their 40 acres, the Loomis Museum, and the adjacent seismograph building to the park in 1929.[1]
