When this larger lake overflowed it flowed out through the Buena Vista Slough and Kern River channel northwest of Buena Vista Lake through tule marshland and Goose Lake, into Lake Webb and Lake Evans occupy the lakebed of the northern shore the former Buena Vista Lake.
When this larger lake overflowed it flowed out through the Buena Vista Slough and Kern River channel northwest of Buena Vista Lake through tule marshland and Goose Lake, into Tulare Lake. Today Lake Webb and Lake Evans occupy the lakebed of the northern shore the former Buena Vista Lake.