Lake Houses on 93 Miles of Shoreline
Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe River was finished in 1964 for flood control and water conservation. It made a lake of 8,309 surface acres with 93 miles of shoreline, and in 2002 the water reached a record 950.32 feet. That July, water poured over the spillway for about six weeks at up to 67,000 cubic feet per second. Locals still point to the mile-long Canyon Lake Gorge that flood carved in roughly three days. Water that strong is rare. Wind and hail are not, and those are what wear a roof down here year after year.
Houses along that shoreline catch wind straight off open water. Metal handles it. Honestly, for a lake house we'd steer you toward lake house metal roofs at Canyon Lake before a second round of shingles every time.










