What is the mystery of Lake Tahoe?

An article by the Reno Gazette Journal claims that around the late 1800s, Lake Tahoe was essentially a dumping ground for Chinese railroad workers' bodies. They would be thrown into the lake by the hundreds while still alive and tied up in big groups and weighed down to sink to the bottom.



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Uncovered and exposed: Secrets of pristine Lake Tahoe
  • There is a nude beach (and you can drink on the beach legally)
  • Most of the ski terrain is hidden in the backcountry.
  • There's a better way to access Tahoe's amazing historic sites.
  • A Frank Sinatra overdose helped put Tahoe on the map.
  • Tahoe isn't the only lake in town.


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Tessie, the Monster of Lake Tahoe The state's largest freshwater lake, Tahoe has long been rumored to be home to both an underwater Mob graveyard, and a huge, unknown creature.

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He emerged from the water shaken, but not with cold. He said, “The world is not ready for what I have seen.” What did Cousteau see? Maybe the bodies of unlucky gamblers who crossed the Mafia in 1950s Reno.

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Geology of the Lake Tahoe Basin Although it is commonly believed that Lake Tahoe was formed by the collapse of a volcanic crater, the Basin was actually formed by the rise and fall of the landscape due to faulting. About 24 million years ago the Sierra Nevada block was formed by tremendous uplifting.

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Compared to other lakes, Tahoe's cast of aquatic characters is fairly small. Among those you can see with the naked eye, there are several species of trout (rainbow, brook, brown and lake), the Kokanee salmon, crayfish, mysis shrimp, and a few other near-shore and bottom-dwelling fish.

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How does water flow into and out of Lake Tahoe? Sixty-three streams flow into Lake Tahoe, but only one, the Truckee River, flows out past Reno and into Pyramid Lake. Unlike most bodies of water in North America, Lake Tahoe's water never flows into the ocean.

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Black Bear. The largest of the the Sierra carnivores, the Black Bear is found in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin.

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The easiest way to get to Hidden Beach is to park at the newly created parking lot for the Tahoe East Shore Trail, which takes you from Incline Village all the way to Sand Harbor. There will be a fee to park, but it's an incredibly beautiful trail.

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The well-preserved body of Donald Christopher Windecker was discovered July 23 on an underwater shelf, 265 feet below the surface. A remote-controlled mini-submarine with a robotic claw raised the remains July 27.

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Lake Tahoe is not only a natural wonder, it's an American treasure. It's hard to imagine a lake more captivating.

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First of all, Lake Tahoe's only natural outlet, the Truckee River, carries water into Nevada, not California, where it terminates at Pyramid Lake. This means there are no legal water rights to use Tahoe water in California, aside from a few local uses along the river's path to Nevada.

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At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Musicians young and not so young call Tahoe home, finding the clear melted snow cradled in mountains inspiring enough to put down their own roots. Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Cher, Liza Minelli, Alanis Morissette, Mike Love and James Hetfield are just a few of those musicians.

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Tahoe's waters are where the California state record Mackinaw was caught, weighing in at a whopping 37 pounds. Book a charter to increase your chances to catch the big one. Explore the many streams, rivers, and alpine lakes to land that trophy fish.

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