Calliope
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a little bit of info/history of Rainbow lake http://srnpdx.org/some-history-n-skyline-ridge ( thanks for the link calliope!)
*It was in the early 1940's that the dam was put in at the foot of Logie and a lake was formed from the stream from the foot hills It was known as Rainbow Lake, and Mr. & Mrs. Louie Anderson ran it for several years. It was very popular. You could fish and they would fry it for you. They were there until they widened Highway 30 (or st. Helens Road) and they cut unto what was the restaurant. It has been missed by many friends including myself.
For years in the summer and fall we would have a double rainbow and it always seemed to end at the Lake.
The lake is real deep with many huge logs and stumps in the bottom. To my knowledge it was never cleared just filled with water from the hills. The newspaper used to call the hills "Little Upstart" or Tuality Mountains, of late they have been called the west hills, which takes in the entire ridge towards Portland.*
Thanks. I was just poking around that site. A lot of good information, IMO.
If it's ok with the mods, I'll add it to the reference forum above.
There's also a section devoted to Kyron, and has some articles from the perspective of locals helping out in the search efforts and coordinating media, etc.