About the town » Canyon Lake, Riverside County, California, United States

Canyon Lake is an affluent gated community in Riverside County, California, United States. One of only five gated cities 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. It geographically spans 4.7 square miles . The Lake was originally formed in 1927 after Railroad Canyon Dam was built. The lake covers 383 acres and has 14.9 miles of shoreline. The population was 10,561 at the 2010 census.