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Convict Lake
Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, USA. It is known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround the lake. The lake was a filming site for Star Trek: Insurrection.
The lake was named after an incident in 1871, where a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City. A posse, led by Robert Morrison, encountered the convicts near the head of what is now Convict Creek . Morrison was killed in the encounter, but Mount Morrison was named after him [1].
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