front face of the dam. The repairs were completed in 80 days and the lake was refilled. Current use Since its purchase by the Forest Service, Hume Lake has become a popular destination, providing a variety of recreational opportunities: Camping at a United States Forest Service campground on the northern shore of the lake. The facility consists of 74 sites among four separate sections located at varying distances from the lake shore. Hume Lake Christian Camps is the largest facility at the lake, which traces its origins to 1945, when the founders met in the nearby valley town of Dinuba to discuss plans for a Christian Bible camp. On January 9, 1946, of lake shore property were purchased to create the camp, including the Hume Lake Hotel, store, service station, post office, 22 cottages, and 22 boats. Soon thereafter, in the summer of 1946, 670 campers and 15 volunteer staff attended conferences at Hume Lake. Since that first summer in 1946, more than 1,000,000 young people and adults have attended the camp for worship, religious studies, and recreation. Activities at the camps include: swimming, disc golf, boating, hiking, biking, paint balling, high ropes course, climbing wall, and a number of recreational games such as Kajabe Kan Kan. Facilities include a dining hall, clothing company, a snack shop, two Hume-n-Beans coffee shops, the Ponderosa Pizza & Pizookie, a post office, a gift shop, a recording studio, swimming pool, beach access with rowboat, paddle board and kayak rentals, several lodges, a security booth, and public washing machines. Cabins available for private rental and private cabins owned by full-time and part-time residents Boating (non-motorized) Fishing: The main fishing at Hume Lake consists of trout Hiking Swimming and related beach activities In pop culture The 1922 film The Sawmill was filmed at Hume Lake. See also List of dams and reservoirs in California List of lakes in California References External links Reservoirs in Fresno County, California Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Sequoia National Forest Dams in California Dams completed in 1908 Historic American Engineering Record in California Reservoirs in California Reservoirs in Northern California 1908 establishments in California