The Canyon Lake Gorge, a truly remarkable geological formation near Canyon Lake, Texas, is a testament to the immense power of water. This mile-long, hundreds-of-yards-wide gorge, up to 50 feet deep, was not formed over millennia, but dramatically carved out in just a few days during a massive flood event in 2002 when floodwaters from Canyon Lake overflowed its spillway for the first time. This unprecedented event exposed millions of years of geological history, revealing ancient limestone layers, perfectly preserved fossils, and even 110-million-year-old dinosaur footprints. Now managed for educational and research purposes, public access to the gorge is primarily through guided tours, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore a living classroom of geology, witnessing waterfalls, springs from the exposed Trinity Aquifer, and the raw evidence of catastrophic erosion.