Welcome to Courage Lake, California. Courage lake is a lake located near Heckington and Golden Hut, north of Bosso, and Legosville. Courage lake was founded in 1946 by Robert Courage, a son of John Giddall Courage II. Courage Lake has 7600 feet deep. There are resorts like Courage lake resort for hotel and fishing and swimming. There many names like Alexander Courage, a theme composer for the original Star Trek. Also, courage can be mean bravery, gallant or fortitude.