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Railroad Canyon, originally named San Jacinto Canyon, also known as Cottonwood Canyon, and Annie Orton Canyon, is a valley located in Riverside County, California.It encloses the lower course of the San Jacinto River at the point where the river passes south through the Temescal Mountains from a point 6 miles south-southwest of Perris, California, through Canyon Lake, California, then west to ...
Canyon Lake, sometimes referenced as Railroad Canyon Reservoir, is a reservoir created in 1928 by the construction of the Railroad Canyon Dam in Railroad Canyon or (San Jacinto Canyon) in the Temescal Mountains of southwestern Riverside County, California.
The community is named for Canyon Lake reservoir, also known as the Railroad Canyon Reservoir, which it surrounds. The reservoir, created in 1928 with the construction of the Railroad Canyon Dam, covers approximately 525 acres (212 ha), has 14.9 miles (24.0 km) of shoreline, and has a storage capacity of 11,586 acre⋅ft (14,291,000 m 3). [8]
Bouquet Canyon Dam: Bouquet Creek: Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: 1934: Earth: ... Canyon Lake: Railroad Canyon Dam: San Jacinto River ...
Downstream of Railroad Canyon Dam, the river continues flowing roughly west southwest through the canyon through the Temescal Mountains for about 3 miles (4.8 km) until it drains into Lake Elsinore. The lake usually has no outflow other than evaporation, but in years of heavy rainfall it overflows into Temescal Creek , which flows northwest to ...
Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that increases water risks in the Southwest.
After the Railroad Canyon Dam was completed in 1929, the canyon became the Railroad Canyon Reservoir, or Railroad Canyon Lake. With the demise of the railroad and canyon, the reservoir, and the community that was developed around the reservoir, both came to be known simply as Canyon Lake. [68] See also Canyon Lake on list of municipalities.
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