THIS PARK IS IN SHASTA COUNTY AND IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PARK AS IT IS VIRTUALLY A WILDERNESS ISLAND. YOU MUST TAKE A BOAT TO ACCESS THIS ISLAND. WE KAYAKED OVER AND WALKED AROUND THE ISLAND LOOKING OVER SOME OF THE BASALT ROCKS THAT THE PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC INDIANS HAD PECKED PETROGLYPHS, SYMBOLS THAT INDICATE THAT THEY WERE IN TUNE WITH SEASONAL CHANGES AND PERHAPS RECORDING SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATIONS. THESE GLYPHS HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED OR RESEARCHED. WE BROUGHT OUR TENT AND CAMPED OVERNIGHT. THERE ARE FISH PONDS ALONG THE SHORE LINE THAT THE PIT RIVER INDIANS STILL USE. THEY ARE SMALL TRAPS MADE OF LAVA ROCK NEAR THE SHORELINE OF THE ISLAND - THEY WERE MADE IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.
AHJAMAWI MEANS "WHERE THE WATER COMES TOGETHER". AS THESE PIT RIVER INDIANS SAY. THE WATERS ARE BIG LAKE, TULE RIVER, JA-SHE-CREEK, LAVA CREEK. AND FALL RIVER. THEY FORM ONE OF THE LARGEST SYSTEMS OF FRESH WATER SPRINGS IN THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE LAVA FLOWS BROKEN BY GREAT FAULTS, LAVA TUBES AS CRATERS,. THE VEGETATION IS THICK WITH OAKS, PINE, JUNIPER FORESTS, WITH UNDERSTORY RABBIT BRUSH, AND SAGEBRUSH. A HUGE VARIETY OF BIRDS ARE HERE INCLUDING EAGLES, PEREGRINE FALCONS, OSPREY , EAGLES, BLUE HERONS AND OTHERS BE SURE TO BRING SOME MOSQUITO REPELLENT!
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