Canyon Lake (Kalifornien)

Canyon Lake is a city and gated community on Canyon Lake reservoir, located in western Riverside County, California, United States.It is one of five gated incorporated cities currently in California,Canyon Lake began as a master-planned community developed by Corona Land Company in 1968. The “City of Canyon Lake” was incorporated on December 1, 1990. Railroad Canyon Dam was built in 1927, and impounds the San Jacinto River to fill the reservoir, which covers 383acre and has 14.9mi of shoreline.GeographyThe affluent city of Canyon Lake is located east of Lake Elsinore and Interstate 15, in the southern foothills of the Temescal Mountains. The mountain range is on the western edge of the Perris Block and east of the Elsinore Fault Zone.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7sqmi or, of which, 3.9sqmi of it is land and 0.7sqmi of it (15.92%) is water. The lake has 14.9mi of shoreline.Demographics2010The 2010 United States Census reported that Canyon Lake had a population of 10,561. The population density was 2,260.8 people per square mile (872.9/km²). The racial makeup of Canyon Lake was 9,495 (89.9%) White (81.7% Non-Hispanic White), 128 (1.2%) Black or African American, 61 (0.6%) Native American, 190 (1.8%) Asian American, 36 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 316 (3.0%) from other races, and 335 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,303 persons (12.3%).