The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began filling Canyon Reservoir — better known as Canyon Lake — on this date in 1964. Canyon Dam was used to deliberately impound water by holding back the Guadalupe River in Spring Branch. The lake reached conservation level in 1968, and is used for water conservation, flood control, and recreation. Construction of the dam, which began in 1958, and the subsequent growth of the area surrounding the lake, a…
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