Maidu Lake
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox body of water Maidu Lake is a small natural freshwater lake in the Cascade Range in eastern Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in the Mount Thielsen Wilderness of the Umpqua National Forest, about Template:Convert west of the community of Chemult.<ref name="DeLorme">Template:Cite book</ref>
The lake, at Template:Convert above sea level,<ref name="gnis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is the source of the North Umpqua River.<ref name="BLM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The eastern terminus of the Template:Convert North Umpqua Trail, which follows the river, is at Maidu Lake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A Template:Convert connecting trail continues east, intersecting the Pacific Crest Trail between Maidu Lake and Miller Lake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Maidu Lake supports brook trout ranging in size to upwards of Template:Convert. The lake is periodically re-stocked by volunteers, who bring in hatchery fingerlings by horseback.<ref name="Sheehan">Template:Cite book</ref>