Looking Southwest across Lake Merritt. In the distance are the Rene C. Davidson Alameda County Court House and Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. At the right is the Bellevue-Staten Building.
Built
1870
NRHP reference No.
66000205
ODL No.
39
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966[2]
Designated NHL
May 23, 1963[3]
Designated ODL
1980
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is named after Samuel Merritt, Oakland's mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the tidal lagoon into a salt water lake. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife refuge, designated in 1870, and has been listed as a National Historic Landmark since 1963.
The lake features grassy shores, several artificial islands intended as bird refuges, and an interpretive center called the Rotary Nature Center at Lakeside Park. There is a fairy-tale themed amusement park called Children's Fairyland. The Gardens at Lake Merritt is also inside Lakeside Park. A popular walking and jogging path runs along the lake's perimeter.[4] The circumference of the lake is 3.4 miles (5.5 km), and its area is 155 acres (63 ha).[5]
^ abc"The Lake Merritt Institute: About Lake Merritt". www.lakemerrittinstitute.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^"Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012.
^City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Archived November 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Lake Merritt". Park and Recreation Department. City of Oakland. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
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