Mary Lake (California) facts for kids

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Location	Shasta County, California
Coordinates	40°34′30″N 122°25′58″W / 40.57500°N 122.43278°W / 40.57500; -122.43278
Primary inflows	Jenny Creek
Primary outflows	Jenny Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Settlements	Redding, California

Mary Lake is a small freshwater man-made lake in Redding, California. It is located near the Mary Lake Subdivision on the west side of Redding off Buenaventura Boulevard. Its inflow and outflow is Jenny Creek, which flows into the Sacramento River.

Mary Lake was previously known as Falks Lake.

Ecology

In 2001 the City of Redding lowered the lake, removed 2/3 of the dead trees and added microbes that compete naturally with algae growth, restoring the water to its picturesque appearance of years ago. In 2009, as many as five beaver living in the lake and Jenny Creek were violently killed, perhaps by rock throwing youths. However, it has come up recently that there are also two river otters in the lake, which are always fighting with the beavers for control over the lake. Though the beavers are capable of winning the struggle, the otters are still vicious creatures, and are the most likely cause of the beavers' deaths.