Horseshoe Lake

Places of Interest

Point Bolivar Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when its function was replaced by a different light.

SS Selma

Disaster remains

Photo: Jw4nvc, CC BY 3.0.

SS Selma was a concrete-hulled oil tanker built as part of the World War I Emergency Fleet, one of only twelve concrete ships that were completed for it. SS Selma is situated 2½ miles southwest of Horseshoe Lake.

Places in the Area

Port Bolivar

Village

Photo: Iketsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay.

Galveston

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Galveston is a city on Galveston Island, off the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 45 minutes southeast of Houston. Galveston is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.

Horseshoe Lake

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Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

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