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'''Mountain Lake after an extensive clean-up and restoration, March 2017.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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'''Highway 1 is well hidden from the Lake even though running along its western edge, March 2017.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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'''Mountain Lake in 2000. Overrun with invasive species and suffering long-term neglect, the park has undergone a thorough upgrade since this photo in 2000.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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'''Waterfowl at Mountain Lake in 2000.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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[[Image:Tours-water.gif|link=Lake Merced 100 years ago]] [[Lake Merced 100 years ago| Continue Water Tour]] | [[Image:Tours-water.gif|link=Lake Merced 100 years ago]] [[Lake Merced 100 years ago| Continue Water Tour]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:39, 11 August 2017
Unfinished History
Mountain Lake in the Presidio, c. 1890.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Mountain Lake, 1941.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Mountain Lake after an extensive clean-up and restoration, March 2017.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Highway 1 is well hidden from the Lake even though running along its western edge, March 2017.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Mountain Lake in 2000. Overrun with invasive species and suffering long-term neglect, the park has undergone a thorough upgrade since this photo in 2000.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Waterfowl at Mountain Lake in 2000.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Lobos Creek, seen here in 1958, which drains to Baker Beach, is one of only two creeks that still run above ground in San Francisco. It provides 4 million gallons a day of fresh water to the Presidio.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Lobos Creek next to El Camino del Mar, July 2017.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
