The Old Military Road passes just north of this lake, and deserves a few words itself. It follows up the middle fork of the Willamette for over 60 miles through a very attractive region. This route was first used in 1863 when a pioneer train of 1500 people came into the Willamette Valley from Malheur. The next year the Oregon Central Military Road Company was organized to built a road from Eugene to Owyhee. The upper road at this time (1929) is only a fair mountain road but it will be improved and should become one of the main trans-state roads.
