Bryan Rees specializes in selling Canyon Lake Texas Real Estate. Whatever your needs, I can assist in finding the right property for you. This website will help you in learning about the natural beauty of this unique lake and it's tributary, the Guadalupe River. Use the Canyon Lake Subdivision, Local Area Links, and the Mapspages for pertinent and useful information, as well as searching the MLS with no obligation. Canyon Lake is centrally located between San Antonio and Austin TX, in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Within a 45 minute drive of the San Antonio Riverwalk, and within a 1 hour drive of Austin, the live music capital of Texas.

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Shannon and I can’t thank you enough for all you did for us while we visited Canyon Lake. As an active duty naval officer, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct 6 real estate transactions in 4 different states. This was, without a doubt, the easiest and most pain free real estate experience I have ever had. Your pleasant nature, expert knowledge of the local area, and extensive network of contacts were the key factors that made our goal of buying property in one weekend a success.

— Jim Strauss, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy

Bryan Rees was an absolute joy to work with! He listened to our wants and needs for a home and with a no pressure selling approach (which is a wonderful gift!), found us a great place fast, that we are now making a home. He helped walk us through the many procedures and answered all our questions. Even now, after the sell, Bryan is still there for us if something comes up that we have a question on. We consider ourselves very lucky to have found someone as knowledgeable and wonderful as Bryan!

Michael & Darla Reid

Bryan Rees contacted me about listing my lake property. I had a dollar amount in mind but after looking at the property he told me that I could get much more for the property. He was right! He was also very confident that he would be able to sell my property quickly and for what I wanted for it. In a very short time we had a serious offer very near the asking price. With Bryan's expertise we sold our property in less than 3 months. He kept us up to date and well informed throughout the entire process. He also handled everything, even problems on our end with our lender, visiting with him personally to rectify the problems we were having.

Bryan took a personal interest in the selling of my property and his thoughtfulness showed at every turn. He made the process quick, painless and so simple! I hope to deal with Bryan again in the future, he was a pleasure to work with.

Jennifer Allen, San Antonio, TX

CANYON LAKE, TEXAS HISTORY

Canyon Lake, formerly known as Canyon Reservoir, is on the Guadalupe River twelve miles northwest of New Braunfels in northern Comal County. The project is owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. The lake, formed by a rolled earthfill dam 6,830 feet long, is used for flood control, water conservation, and recreation.

Construction of the dam was started on June 27, 1958, and impoundment of water began on June 16, 1964. The crest of the spillway is 943 feet above mean sea level, and the conservation storage capacity is 382,000 acre-feet with a surface area of 8,240 acres and a sixty-mile shoreline at 909 feet above mean sea level. Stored water is used for municipal, industrial, and irrigation purposes and for the development of hydroelectric power downstream. The drainage area above the dam is 1,432 square miles.

The construction of the dam and subsequent growth of the area surrounding the lake are among the most significant developments in twentieth-century Comal County history. Inundating a portion of the Guadalupe River valley cost the area productive farm and ranch land as well as two rural communities-Cranes Mill and Hancock-but it also stimulated development that transformed the economy and demography of the county. After the lake was filled north central Comal County became one of the largest population centers in Central Texas and the focus of a resort and tourist industry that rivaled manufacturing and agriculture in importance to the county economy. The dam made possible land development along the lake shore and in the area downstream, which for the first time was protected from periodic flooding.

Residents and tourists support a variety of businesses and service industries that transformed the former farm and ranch communities of Sattler and Startzville into thriving commercial centers and occasioned the new town of Canyon City. The Canyon Lake community, forty-eight miles from San Antonio and fifty-six from Austin, continued to attract new commuter, retired, and weekend residents.

Information courtesy of "The Handbook of Texas Online