White Rock Lake is a reservoir located in northeast Dallas, Texas, United States.

Other pioneer families such as the Humbards, the Glovers, Lavenders, McCommases, Coxes and Donagheys jointly maintained the cemetery.

The White Rock CCC Camp was established at Winfrey Point and included eight barracks buildings.

For several years, the men of the CCC deepened and widened the lake, built numerous limestone rock buildings, and made recreation improvements to the park.

In 1943 the government used the barracks at Winfrey Point to house 403 German prisoners-of-war who had served in Rommel's Afrika Corps.

[3] By 1992 White Rock Lake Park was a center of recreational activity for central Dallas, providing picnic areas and bicycle and jogging paths.

From its earliest days, area residents wanting to get away from home constructed cabins on leased property along its shoreline.

Current recreational activities on the lake include sailing, kayaking, canoeing and standup paddleboarding, available by rental.

Two of the founders, the Oetkings, had also developed a fine catamaran called the Hellcat and had gone into production with growing sales, but they couldn't find davits at CSC.

Today, the park has an ecosystem that includes grasses, trees, flowers and wildlife that are indigenous to the North Texas area.

Some feral bird species may also be identified, including monk parakeets that nest in nearby electrical substations and feed off of trees by the trail.

From squirrels and beavers to larger animals which are white-tailed deer, raccoons, red foxes, bobcats, wild boars, river otters, minks, nutrias, opossums, skunks and coyotes.

White Rock Lake Park is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a twenty-year-old-looking girl, described as wearing a water-soaked 1930s evening dress, who usually appears at night along the roadside of East Lawther Drive.

This legend is said to have been the inspiration for the bluegrass song Bringing Mary Home,[10] written by John Duffey of The Country Gentlemen.

The song has since been recorded by many others, including Frankie Miller, Mac Wiseman, Red Sovine, Ricky Skaggs, and Daniel O'Donnell.

The legend was also the inspiration for Lakewood Brewing Company's second Legendary Series release, La Dame du Lac, a French farmhouse-style bière de garde.