By Dana Tims
The Oregonian/OregonLive
A car slammed into a guardrail at Hagg Lake last summer, injuring the lone occupant and prompting onlookers to call an ambulance.
Washington County parks department rangers were on the scene when they heard the approaching siren. But instead of turning left across the dam to reach the crash site, the ambulance continued straight up the road that circles the popular lake.
Since almost none of the 34 parking areas ringing Hagg Lake was named, the ambulance driver, lacking better directions, was left to look for anything resembling a crash scene. He finally found it and the slightly hurt motorist, but only after nearly completing the 10-mile circuit of the lake.
Now the nearly 800,000 people who likely will visit Hagg Lake this summer will find signs and new names and numbers for all of the lake’s turnouts, boat ramps and recreation areas.
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