kayak trip on the Rim lakes

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Apr 02 2007 2:06 pm

this weekend April 7/8 Im taking the kayak for some cool pines and clear water. might go to Knoll lake, might go to Blue Ridge. will take fishing gear and overnight camping stuff. anyone interested can PM me!

Dschur · Post by **Dschur** » Apr 02 2007 2:34 pm

Would you believe that they have renamed Blue Ridge Reservoir to C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Not even sure why or who that is.... You can see it on SRP website.

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Apr 02 2007 3:46 pm

One of the leading proponents for the expansion of hydropower generation on the Salt
River Project was CC Cragin, the general superintendent and chief engineer of the Association in
the 1920s. Cragin, who was recently named one of Energy Markets Most Influential People in
Electricity and Gas, had a bold vision of what the Association generation system could become
with new developments.

The name was given I suppose out of respect for the man when SRP bought Blue Ridge from Phelps Dodge, who built the dam.

p.s. It will ALWAYS be Blue Ridge to me, just like Squaw Peak.