19-580: Jasper Lake or Lake Jasper may refer to: Lake Jasper, Western Australia , a locality in the Shire of Nannup Lake Jasper , a lake within the locality of Lake Jasper Jasper Lake (Alberta) , a lake located in the Rockies of Jasper National Park, Canada Tremont (microarchitecture) , a CPU microarchitecture including the Jasper Lake platform Topics referred to by
38-455: A hall, store, staff accommodation, mill workers' cottages, and single men's huts, and two boarding houses. A more distinctive name was soon sought. The name Walcott was suggested but was rejected by the Post Office due to conflict with Port Walcott , also named after Walcott. William Locke Brockman, local farmer and son of early settler Edward Reveley Brockman, suggested Pemberton. The mill town
57-602: A suspension bridge, walk trails and visitor information. The Falls are the break between the Darling Scarp and the Scott River Plain and the tourist drive is sealed with caravan parking. The Yeagarup Dunes in the D'Entrecasteaux National Park are the largest land-locked inland dunes in the southern hemisphere. They are moving at four metres a year towards the Yeagarup Lake. Local 4WD tours are available. Lake Jasper in
76-565: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lake Jasper, Western Australia Lake Jasper is a rural locality of the Shire of Nannup in the South West region of Western Australia. Central within the locality lies the lake of the same name while, in the south, it borders the Southern Ocean . A large part of the locality is taken up by
95-742: Is the Gloucester Tree , but there is also the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree , the tallest of the two at around 71 metres. The trees have metal rungs that allow visitors to climb them and reach the constructed lookout at the top. The former climbable Diamond Tree was closed for climbing in 2019. Other tourist attractions include the Pemberton Tramway Company , Yeagarup Dunes and the Bibbulmun Track . Tours include river cruises, hiking, canoeing and four-wheel drive tours of
114-528: The Bibbulmun people who knew the area as Wandergarup, which in their language meant 'plenty of water'. Following an expedition to the area in 1861 by Edward Reveley Brockman, his brother-in-law Gerald de Courcy Lefroy and his uncle Pemberton Walcott, in 1862 Brockman established Warren House homestead and station on the Warren River ; Walcott, after whom the town would be named, established Karri Dale farm on
133-493: The D'Entrecasteaux National Park ; its south-eastern border runs along the Donnelly River . The north of Lake Jasper is taken up by agriculture, among them the large dairy farms of Lactanz 1 and 4, while Lactanz 2 and 3 are in the neighbouring locality of Scott River East . Lactanz Dairy was Western Australia's largest dairy producer when it was sold for A$ 30 million in 2016 to Australian Agribusiness Group. Lake Jasper and
152-653: The 1980s, Pemberton began to grow as a tourist town and tourism, particularly domestic, continues to play a key role. Log sawmilling was still the most active industry in 2005, occupying 12.8% of the workforce, despite the state government drastically reducing old growth logging in 2003. Rather than shut down, the mill switched to plantation Tasmanian blue gum and pine in addition to karri . Viticulture has become widely established, with many investment schemes buying up large areas of pastureland and converting to vineyards. Nearby, there are two climbable karri trees, each more than 60 metres (200 ft) tall. The most famous
171-654: The Department of Environment and Conservation, links the tourist attractions with sealed and unsealed roads. Forest attractions include Big Brook Dam in the Pemberton State Forest, 6 km north on the Bibbulmun Track . Facilities include bird hides, jetties, barbecues and a sandy beach. There is a 4 km sealed walk trail around the lake. Beedelup Falls in the Beedelup National Park are 30 km north along The Bibbulmun Track. Visitors can explore via
190-499: The D’Entrecasteaux National Park is a natural freshwater lake that covers an area of about 450 hectares. It has no inlets nor outlets, is 10 metres deep, and accessible only by 4WD. Further west is Black Point, in the far north-western part of the D’Entrecasteaux National Park between Augusta and Windy Harbour. The black Basalt columns were formed about 135 million years ago. Local tours are available. The Cascades are
209-611: The Shire of Nannup are located on the traditional land of the Bibulman and Wardandi people of the Noongar nation. Scientific evidence proves a Noongar presence in the South West region for at least 47,000 years, while the oldest evidence for presence in the D'Entrecasteaux National Park dates back 6,000 years. The heritage listed Black Point on the Southern Ocean coast is located with
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#1732858117196228-412: The fact that it was only 28 miles (45 km) from Pemberton . Roads in the coastal region, especially within the national park, are still often four-wheel drive only and closed in winter because of rain. Pemberton, Western Australia Pemberton is a town in the South West region of Western Australia , named after original settler Pemberton Walcott. The region was originally occupied by
247-519: The locality of Lake Jasper, an outcrop of the Bunbury Basalt , which is rarely exposed. It is an important scientific research site, and dates back to 135 million years ago, when it was formed by a volcanic lava flow. The historic Jangardup Stock Route originally started in the north of the locality on the route heading north to what is now the Vasse Highway . It was last used as a stock route in
266-430: The mid-1960s. The heritage listed Quannup House, dating as far back as 1864, is also within the locality. Access to the locality and the lake has been historically difficult and underdeveloped. A 1944 newspaper report complained that to get to the lake for the purpose of exploring its potential to stock trout , a round trip of 100 miles (160 km) and a 2 miles (3.2 km) track through swamp had to be made, despite
285-642: The national parks. The three-day Southern Forests Festival (formerly the Pemberton Autumn Festival/Marron & Wine Festival) is held in May. Pemberton is recognised as one of the premier cool-climate wine regions in Australia, and hosts many wineries in the region. Pemberton is surrounded by karri forest with five national parks within 20 minutes' drive and has plenty of rivers, streams and dams for recreation. The Karri Forest Explorer Drive, developed by
304-474: The new government-owned State Saw Mills began construction of twin sawmills, No 2 and No 3, at the location then known as Big Brook , to supply half a million railway sleepers for the Trans-Australian Railway . The mill site was in a valley to ensure the mills had a regular supply of water and because it was easier to roll logs down hill to the mills. Big Brook became a thriving private mill town, with
323-436: The northern outskirts of the later townsite; and Lefroy established a farm and flour mill on Lefroy Brook (the current site of the 100 Year Forest). Walcott remained until at least 1867. By 1868 he was at Dwalganup Station near Boyup Brook , and in 1872 Karri Dale was for sale, marketed as a "four-roomed brick cottage, stockyards, cattle shed, good garden - stocked with fruit trees and permanent running water". In 1913,
342-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jasper Lake . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jasper_Lake&oldid=1236717701 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
361-715: Was well established but by 1921 there was community agitation for a government townsite to be declared. Community pressure resulted in lots being surveyed in 1925 and the Pemberton townsite was gazetted in October 1925. During the 1920s the area was a focus of the Group Settlement Scheme and following the Second World War the War Service Land Settlement Scheme , but with only moderate success. During
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