Lake Findley — Attraction in Alice

Lake Findley in Alice Tx is named after William Edward (Bill) Findley, a prominent Alice citizen who passed away in 2018 at the age of 96. He was the founder of Findley Engineering Service Company, aka FESCO, a large well respected leader in the energy industry.

Bill Findley was a founding member of the Alice Water Authority, the entity founded in the 1960s which owns the lake. Bill served as a valuable member of the board of the authority for over 50 years all the way thru his death at age 96, serving as its president many of those years.

Bill and his small group of fellow co-founders oversaw the sucessful completion of two pipelines built in the 1960s and 1970s from Lake Corpus Christi to Lake Findley, providing the source of water for the city of Alice.

Lake Findley is an intergral part of the source of water for Alice. Water is pumped thru dual 37 mile pipelines, also owned by the authority, from Lake Corpus Christi. From Lake Findley it is pumped to a water treatment plant a short distance away, and then throughout the...

I found the lake over ran with seaweed. Someone was trying to fish and only getting a bunch of seaweed. Grass was almost to my waist, trash cans running over to the ground and I was only standing there for a couple of seconds and my shoe was covered with big red ants. This lake would be nice if it...

Just went to walk around to look at the beautiful sights. Great place to go fishing or just go to BBQ or...