PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A black bear was recently seen swimming in Crater Lake and exploring Wizard Island for the first time in “many decades,” the National Park Service announced on Sept. 3. A ...

Wizard Island is a cinder cone volcano in Crater Lake. A black bear explored the island. National Park Service Visitors got lucky when they watched a black bear take a swim in Oregon’s Crater Lake — ...

A black bear was spotted going for a swim in Crater Lake last week, which is a rare sight at Oregon's national park, according to parks officials. "We could bear-ly believe it!" the park posted on its ...

This coming summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for three years. Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal pathway to the shoreline of the United States’ ...