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The lake is 17 miles (27 km) long with around 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline. The reservoir lies in a broad valley nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of rural southwestern Virginia of the Appalachian chain. Before the lake's creation, farming and logging were the primary industries.
This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs. [ 1 ] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
The reservoir was created in the late 1960s to provide drinking water for area residents and became operational in 1970. Today it contributes to a regional water system which serves the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, Virginia , and unincorporated areas of Prince William County. [ 4 ]
ZIP codes: 22033, 22030. FIPS code: 51-26875: GNIS feature ID: 2584845: Fair Oaks is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
ZIP code: 22033. FIPS code: 51-32592: GNIS feature ID: 2584853: Greenbriar is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Fair Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) and business park located west of Fairfax in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Fair Lakes had a population of 8,404 in 2020. Fair Lakes had a population of 8,404 in 2020.
In 1968, Virginia Electric and Power Company (now Dominion) purchased 18,000 acres (73 km 2) of farmlands in three counties along the North Anna and Pamunkey rivers. The aim was to provide clean, fresh water to help cool the nuclear power generating plants at the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station adjacent to the lake. [ 2 ]
Lake Monticello, a private gated community, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,126 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] The community is centered on a man-made lake of the same name, which is formed by a dam on a short tributary of the nearby Rivanna River .