Shasta
Americannoun
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Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4,315 meters).
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Also called Shasta Lake. Lake, a recreational lake in N central California, formed by a 1945 dam on the Sacramento, Pit, and other rivers. 46 sq. mi. (119 sq. km).
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Seymour’s son John recalled his father getting the call from Wilson while the family was vacationing in Shasta.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Only three families have owned the unpretentious diner with its black bar stools, scuffed tile floors and enough nostalgia to fill Shasta Lake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The McCloud’s salmon, trucked around Lake Shasta to complete their ocean migration, have started to come back.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
And last September, surveillance cameras captured him pushing an antique metal safe through the Shasta County elections office on a Saturday while his wife assisted with a pulling harness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
But what Shasta chiefly noticed was the air.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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