Lake Anahuac

Lake Anahuac
Location	Chambers County, 45 miles (72 km) east of Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°48′01″N 94°41′01″W}
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, USA 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.

References

• Lake Anahuac from the Handbook of Texas Online