A Lakefront Brawl Poisons Oregon's Most Exclusive Waters
This story first ran in the April 27, 2005 edition of WW.On a clear spring afternoon, the view from the eastern end of Oswego Lake is like a page o...
This story first ran in the April 27, 2005 edition of WW.On a clear spring afternoon, the view from the eastern end of Oswego Lake is like a page out of a Sierra Club calendar.Towering Douglas firs cling to hillsides that slope down to sparkling waters. A lone kayaker pauses to watch a soaring osprey, his silhouette framed by a lakeshore lined with some of the state's most expensive residential real estate.Lake Oswego is Oregon's most affluent city—every week last year, at least one home sold for more than $1 million—and any real-estate agent will tell you why: Oswego Lake.