Exploring Shasta Lake

Shasta LAke is part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. It was created by damming three major rivers, the Sacramento, Mccloud and Pitt rivers. In the 1940s, the dam became the center for the Central Valley Project, and Shasta Dam became the second largest dam in the United States, with 6.5 million cubic yards of concrete, standing 602 feet tall and spanning more than 3,000 feet.