Goose Lake which straddles the California and Oregon border could be consider Honey Lake’s distant cousin, thrice removed. It was not all that long ago, that it was finally declared a closed basin. That reference that the lake has no outlet. However, it had an outlet at one time, and when it overflowed to the North Fork of the Pit River. Some records indicate that the last time it happened was in 1881.

In the late 1860s, when settlement began in the Goose Lake Valley, water was diverted for irrigation never reaching the lake. The lake is shallow, having a maximum depth of twenty-four feet, similar to Honey Lake. In times of drought the lake dries up.

Just like Honey Lake, Goose Lake had its own ferry boat the Lakeview. It was launched in 1909, in part of the promotion of the Oregon Valley Land Company, which is an interesting tale in itself. The ferry ceased to exist in 1924, when the lake went dry.

Tim