User:James Allison/Lake Fulmor

Lake Fulmor is a 3 acre artificial lake in the San Jacinto Mountains, north of Idyllwild and immediately southeast of the James Reserve, in Riverside County, California, United States. It is managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the San Bernardino National Forest.

History
The area that is now Lake Fulmor was briefly logged in the late 1800s to provide material for Southern Pacific railroad tracks through the San Gorgonio Pass. Most logging ended in 1897 when the United States federal government declared the area the San Bernardino Forest Reserve (later the San Bernardino National Forest) under the Forest Reserve Act of 1891.

The first road between Banning and Idyllwild was built in 1910. Hall Canyon, to the north of Idyllwild, forced the road to deviate from a direct route. Riverside County surveyor Alexander Choate (A.C.) Fulmor proposed in 1933 that the road be rerouted on an artificial dam across the canyon, thereby impounding the canyon's waterway, Indian Creek. The project was delayed until after Fulmor's retirement due to World War II, but the end of the war brought renewed attention to it.

As part of the re-routing of the road, a dam was built in the late 1940s, and the accompanying reservoir filled shortly. The county named the lake after Fulmor in 1949. Soon after, local government installed camping and day use infrastructure, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife began to stock the lake, leading to its popularity among fishermen.

Government officials dedicated the lake on May 6, 1950. Private landowners sold land northeast of the lake to the University of California in 1966, creating the James Reserve, and the Banning-Idyllwild road was designated California State Route 243 in 1970.

Murders
1995 German tourists robbed shot man fled to lake

2008 two people murder man in Banning (poppet flats) dump body in lake

https://www.pe.com/2011/02/28/banning-couple-convicted-of-2008-killing-dumping-body-in-lake/

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-18/news/mn-59271_1_mountain-town

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-14/news/mn-3048_1_german-tourist

https://www.pe.com/2018/01/03/daughter-of-german-tourist-slain-near-idyllwild-takes-on-ruling-that-could-set-killer-free/

https://books.google.com/books?id=URuF91WbwLAC

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/03/01/couple-convicted-of-killing-dumping-body-in-lake/

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-couple-convicted-of-killing-dumping-body-in-lake-2011mar01-story.html

https://www.ocregister.com/2011/02/25/pair-convicted-in-cabin-bedroom-murder/

Natural history
A giant sequoia grove, the "Lake Fulmor Grove", exists to the northwest of the lake.

Usage
The Forest Service maintains facilities for fishing, hiking, and picknicking at the lake; the service requires a National Forest Adventure Pass to park vehicles. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife stocks rainbow trout in the lake approximately three-quarters of the year. Although swimming is technically permitted, water visibility and quality is low, and underwater rocks have proven fatal to cliff jumpers.