Editing Lake Travis (section)

== History ==

=== Creation ===
The reservoir was formed in 1942 by the construction of [[Mansfield Dam]] on the western edge of [[Austin, Texas]] by the [[Lower Colorado River Authority]] (LCRA), and was built specifically to contain floodwaters in a [[flash flood|flash-flood]] prone region. During its construction, after a severe flood in July 1938, the height of the dam was raised to add storage capacity for floodwaters.<ref name="lcra.org">{{cite web|title=Mansfield Dam and Lake Travis|url=http://www.lcra.org/water/dams-and-lakes/pages/mansfield-dam.aspx|website=www.lcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Flood Operations Report|url=http://floodstatus.lcra.org/|website=Lower Colorado River Authority}}</ref>

=== Ferry service ===
Regularly scheduled ferry service between [[Point Venture, Texas|Point Venture]] and the south side of [[Hurst Creek]] began in April 1971, operated by Point Venture Development Co. The trip took 20 minutes and was the only inland ferry service in Texas at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dadamo|first=Amy Rae|date=2019-07-11|title=Historic Lake Travis ferry once transported residents, cars between communities|url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/history/2019/07/11/historic-lake-travis-ferry-once-transported-residents-cars-between-communities/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908210244/https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/history/2019/07/11/historic-lake-travis-ferry-once-transported-residents-cars-between-communities/|archive-date=September 8, 2020|access-date=2020-09-08|website=impact|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Story of Point Venture... Where Every Day's A Holiday|url=http://pointventure.com/history/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020171616/https://pointventure.com/history/index.html|archive-date=October 20, 2020|access-date=2020-09-08|website=pointventure.com}}</ref>

=== September 2020 boat sinkings ===
On September 5, 2020, a boat parade took place in support of [[Donald Trump]]. The Travis County Sheriff's office reported that they had received multiple calls involving boats in distress, and that several boats had sunk.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 September 2020|title=Multiple boats sink during Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis|url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/multiple-boats-in-distress-sinking-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=CBS Austin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-06 |title=Lake Travis: Several boats sink at pro-Trump parade in Texas |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54045115 |access-date=2024-10-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Paul P. |date=2020-09-07 |title=The wake of other boats in a pro-Trump parade in Texas caused 5 boats to sink, sheriff’s office says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/us/trump-boat-parade-sink-trnd/index.html |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The weather was calm, but the boats generated significant [[Wake (physics)|wake]] as they began to move together, which subsequently sank at least five boats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 boats sink at Trump boat parade on Texas' Lake Travis|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-boat-parade-lake-travis-several-boats-sink/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The hashtag #dumbkirk trended on Twitter following the incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2020/09/06/lsquowersquore-gonna-need-bigger-votersquo-how-dumbkirk-swamped-internet/113871696/|title = 'We're gonna need a bigger vote': How #Dumbkirk swamped the internet}}</ref>