Concessions
Crater Lake vendor gets serious
about recycling - November 12, 2003
Items that once found their way to garbage cans are finding their way to
recycling bins as part of an expanding conservation effort by Xanterra
Parks & Resorts, Crater Lake National Park's concessionaire.
New composite tour boats airlifted
into Crater Lake
-
October 2003
When three new composite tour boats, built by
Modutech Marine (Tacoma, Wash., U.S.A.), were delivered
to Oregon's famed Crater Lake in July, the means used to
move the custom-built 15,000-lb, 48-passenger craft to
the road-inaccessible lake - situated in the crater of
extinct volcano Mt. Mazama - were as unique as the boats
themselves.
Crater Lake boats refloated: builder modifies engines
-
August 25, 2003
The popular scenic boat tours on Crater Lake
were stymied this summer, but they were back in business Sunday as new,
retooled boats began operating.
Boats land in Crater Lake: new boats to start service on Sunday
-
July
23, 2003
Four 1960s-era tour boats named after people who figured prominently in
the history of concession operations at Crater Lake National Park were
flown out of the lake Tuesday and replaced by a trio of new-generation
vessels named for Southern Oregon rivers.
New fleet for Crater Lake - July
07, 2003
A new generation of tour boats, which park
officials say will be cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient, are
scheduled to be flown by helicopter to Wizard Island on July 22 and, if
all goes well, begin carrying visitors around the lake July 26.
Cafe at Crater
Lake to reopen
-
April 26, 2002
Visitors
to Crater Lake National Park who have been hungering for a
bowl of chili or gift shop souvenirs should keep the
checkbooks handy.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts Receives Contract to Manage
Concessions at Crater Lake National Park in Southern Oregon
- April 5, 2002
Xanterra Parks & Resorts, the country's
largest operator of national and state parks and
resorts, has been awarded the 15-year contract to manage
lodging, boating, food service, campgrounds, gasoline
station and gift shops at Crater Lake National Park.
Snow postpones Crater boat tours
- 1998
Boat
tours, interpretive hikes and children's programs are
among the regular seasonal offerings at Crater Lake
National Park this summer.
Crater Lake tour boats start
season today
- June 28, 1997
Park rangers will lead interpretive boat tours daily for the balance of the
summer. The two-hour trips take visitors around the perimeter of the lake.
Crater Lake Lodge dining room captures vintage experience
- August 7, 1995
Operators of
the dining room at the newly reopened Crater Lake Lodge are striving to make
dining as much of a peak experience as viewing the country's deepest and perhaps
most awe-inspiring lake.
Washington Miss Rules At Crater Lake Pageant
- July 24, 1968
Mary McIntosh from Mt. Vernon,
Wash., was crowned Miss Crater Lake 1968 Sunday night at the
Crater Lake Lodge. The sixth annual Miss Crater Lake Pageant
was planned and staged by the 126 students working at the
world-famous tourist attraction.
$2 Million Crater Lake Lodge Expansion Revealed
- January 12, 1968
A new 30-year contract and a building program totaling nearly $2 million has
been announced by Ralph Peyton and J M. Griffin, owners of Crater Lake Lodge.
Crater Lake Popular Working Place in Summer With College Set
- July 12, 1967
Working at Crater Lake National Park Is a little like
college without the book work.
'Miss Crater Lake' Pageant Prepared By Lodge Staffers
-
July 11, 1967
The pageant, entirely planned and executed by young people who work at Crater
Lake Lodge during the summer, will be held in the lobby of the lodge with the
coronation slated at 9 p.m.
