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Lake Anahuac

Lake Anahuac
Location Chambers County, 45 miles (72 km) east of Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°48′01″N 94°41′01″W / 29.80028°N 94.68361°W / 29.80028; -94.68361Coordinates: 29°48′01″N 94°41′01″W / 29.80028°N 94.68361°W / 29.80028; -94.68361
Type Artificial
Primary inflows Trinity River
Basin countries United States
Water volume 35,300 acre·ft (0.0435 km3)

Lake Anahuac is an artificial lake fed by the Trinity River, 45 miles (72 km) east of downtown Houston, Texas, United States in western Chambers County. The city of Anahuac lies on its eastern shores.

The lake was once Turtle Bay until the mouth of the bay was closed in the early 1900s. The current dam and levee system was completed in 1954.



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