Editing Lake Oswego, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.68|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.67|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are covered by water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref> That area does not include more than {{convert|1100|acre|km2|1}} of unincorporated land within the [[urban growth boundary|urban services boundary]] as defined by Clackamas County.<ref name="lor110324">{{cite news|title=City population is up – what will that mean?|url=http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=130092552348458300|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222062824/http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=130092552348458300|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 22, 2013|newspaper=[[Lake Oswego Review]]|date=March 24, 2011|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> Oswego Lake is a [[reservoir|lake]], originally named ''Waluga'' (wild swan) by Clackamas Indians,<ref>[http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/Plan/Comp%20Plan/Goal%205_7.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209142830/http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/Plan/Comp%20Plan/Goal%205_7.pdf|date=February 9, 2012}}</ref> which has been expanded is and currently managed by the Lake Oswego Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lakecorp.com/|title=Lake Oswego Corporation official website|access-date=March 27, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201110139/http://lakecorp.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The lake supports watercraft, and a dock floats at the lake's east end, where boaters can disembark and walk to the nearby businesses. The main canal from the Tualatin River was dug in 1872.<ref name=corning>{{cite book|last=Corning|first=Howard McKinley|title=Willamette Landings|page=195|publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]]|location=[[Portland, Oregon]]|edition=3rd|year=2004|isbn=0-87595-042-6}}</ref>

Every three years, the water level in the lake is lowered several feet by opening the gates on the dam and allowing water to flow into Oswego Creek and on to the Willamette River, enabling lakefront property owners to conduct repairs on docks and boathouses.<ref name=tims>{{cite news|last=Tims|first=Dana|title=Drawdown under way to lower Oswego Lake|date=October 31, 2006|newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref> In 2010, the lake was lowered about {{convert|24|ft|m}} to allow for construction of a new sewer line, the lowest lake level since 1962, when the original sewer line was installed.<ref name=pt>{{cite news|last=Newell|first=Cliff|title=Sewer project will make Oswego Lake disappear – briefly|date=July 29, 2010|newspaper=Lake Oswego Review|url=http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=128035388723593500|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222121907/http://thetribonline.net/news/story.php?story_id=128035388723593500|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 22, 2013|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref>