Lake Irvine

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lake_name = Lake Irvine
image_lake = Lake Irvine CA USA.jpg
caption_lake = The northern part of Lake Irvine
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location = Orange County, California
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type = reservoir
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basin_countries = United States
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area = 700 acres (2.83 km²)
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volume = convert|28000|acre.ft|km3|abbr=on|lk=on
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Lake Irvine (known in Orange County as Irvine Lake) is a reservoir in Orange County, California. The lake is located northeast of the city of Irvine close to Irvine Regional Park.

The lake is formed by the Santiago Dam at its north end, which was built between 1929 and 1931, and the lake was originally called the Santiago Reservoir. The dam was built by the Irvine Company (the private developers of the city of Irvine) and the Serrano Irrigation District (now called the Serrano Water District); it is now administered jointly by the Serrano Water District and the Irvine Ranch Water District. The lake provides drinking water to Villa Park and some parts of Orange, and provides supplementary irrigation water to neighbouring ranches.

Access to the lake is via Santiago Canyon Road, the road leading from Orange to Silverado. The Cleveland National Forest is on the northeast side of the lake.

Stocked with largemouth bass, catfish, and panfish, the lake fishery opened to the public in 1941. The land around the lake is owned by the Irvine Range Land Reserve, which leases the fishing, boating, and camping concessions to a private company.

External links

* [http://www.irwd.com/AboutIRWD/irvine_lake.php IRWD's page on Irvine Lake]
* [http://www.irvinelake.net Recreational information] , the website of the consessionaire
* [http://www.irvineranchlandreserve.org/reserve/irvinelake.asp Irvine Range Land Reserve's page on the lake]