68 Wm.B. Richardson Little Lake, Calif. (Kern River) July 15, 1933. Little Lake often known as Little Kern Lake is located about three and one-half miles from Kern Canyon Ranger Station on the South boundary of Sequoia National Park. The lake itself is in no way connected with the river as is Big Kern Lake, but is separated by a narrow neck of land ranging from fifty to two hundred yards in width. The east side of the lake is against the Kern Canyon wall while the north and south sides are rocky slopes which have apparently at one time been land slides. The canyon wall and the slopes are more or less sparsely covered with yellow pine and oak. The strip of land between the lake and the river is densely covered with poplar, willow and yellow pine. The willows growing along the moist banks of the lake and river while the