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Aug. 29—MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has joined the chorus of voices opposing Lake Lynn Generation's proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet. Capito wrote to the Federal ...
Cheat Lake is a 13-mile-long (21 km) reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. [2] It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. [1] Cheat Lake is located immediately downstream of the 10-mile-long (16 km) Cheat Canyon.
Cheat Lake is located at (39.666538, -79.85 [ 1 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the Cheat Lake CDP has a total area of 15.8 square miles (41 km 2 ), of which 14.3 square miles (37 km 2 ) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2 ) (10.3%) is water.
For a more rustic view, many people take the approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) hike to Raven Rock. This site, which is dominated by a high-voltage power line crossing of the Cheat River, is home to a series of large boulders and features a point that juts into the canyon. Hikers to this site with pets and children should be cautious as there are ...
Sep. 24—MORGANTOWN — The effects of the ongoing drought are apparent around Cheat Lake. Marinas are largely empty. Boats are stranded here and there on what are now mud flats.
Aug. 21—MORGANTOWN — Lake Lynn Generation has received OK's from several government agencies for its proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet to mitigate reduced dissolved oxygen ...
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Sep. 6—MORGANTOWN — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants more information from Lake Lynn Generation about its proposal to lower the level of Cheat Lake by 3 feet. FERC cited public ...