In north Texas there is a man made freshwater lake known as Lake Lewisville. This lake is located on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River near the town of Lewisville. The lake was originally built for flood control and to be a water source for Dallas and surrounding suburbs. However, today it is primarily used for boating and watercraft recreational activities.
In 1945 the United States Congress passed the River and Harbor Act, which called for more construction in the Trinity River basin. This is when construction was started on the Lewisville Dam. At 33,000 feet long this dam was finished in 1955 at a cost of twenty-one million. At this time the Garza Dam holding back Lake Dallas was breached to create the new lake that would have one hundred eighty-three miles of shoreline and 436,000 acres of capacity. The lake was officially called Lewisville Lake in the mid-1970s.
This lake becomes extremely crowded during the summer months since it is the large population centers of Dallas and Forth Worth. The most popular activity in this lake is hunting of water fowl, hunting feral hogs and fishing. The types of fish caught in this lake include large mouth bass, white bass,...
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