Tulelake (/ˈtuːlileɪk/ TOO-lee-layk) is a city in northeastern Siskiyou County, California, United States.
[citation needed] The first public auction of Tulelake land parcels took place on April 15, 1931.
[4] Two World War II internment camps were located near Tulelake.
Also referred to as Gillems Bluff, Sheepy Ridge is a small range adjacent to Tule Lake.
The Tule Lake War Relocation Center was one of ten Japanese internment camps in the United States.
Today the western portion of the camp is occupied by the townsite of Newell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), 99.42% of it land and 0.58% of it water.
[citation needed] [6] The 2010 United States Census[10] reported that Tulelake had a population of 1,010.
There were 437 housing units at an average density of 1,060.3 per square mile (409.4/km2), of which 173 (49.9%) were owner-occupied, and 174 (50.1%) were occupied by renters.
[13] Federally, Tulelake is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.
[14] There are two schools in the Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School District,[15] preschool through sixth grades are taught at Tulelake Elementary, where the mascot is the Gosling, a reflection of area waterfowl.
Tulelake is featured by Huell Howser in California's Gold Episode 204.
[16] A goose and duck processing business and pillow factory in Tulelake was featured on an episode of Discovery Channel's series Dirty Jobs.