Lake Chapala, summer 1965. Looking west from the BeerGarden, fishing boats pull up on the beach. In 1965, the lake was at level 96, almost exactly the same level as it is today in 2009. During the 1950s, the lake had come perilously close to drying up completely, one year dipping below level 91. Photo in family collection of Marsha Sorensen; all rights reserved. : Pictures of Mexico

Lake Chapala, summer 1965. Looking west from the BeerGarden, fishing boats pull up on the beach. In 1965, the lake was at level 96, almost exactly the same level as it is today in 2009. During the 1950s, the lake had come perilously close to drying up completely, one year dipping below level 91.

Source article: The Lake Chapala artistic and literary scene in the 1960s and early 1970s