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July 1968, Toledo Bend Reservoir, which was still filling following the damming of the Sabine River. Photo from Louisiana State Library. Written on photo: Two fishermen glide through Toledo Bend Reservoir in Western Louisiana. The reservoir is the nation’s fifth largest man made body of water, encompassing 186,000 acres, first conceived as a mode of generating electricity. Jointly controlled by Louisiana and Texas, this reservoir’s dam site is located near Hornbeck, La. More than 1,300 acres in public parks lie on its banks.