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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.
Pawtuckaway Lake (official name Pawtuckaway Pond [1]) is a 784-acre (3.17 km 2) [2] reservoir in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Nottingham. The lake is located in the Piscataqua River drainage basin. The lake presently has two dams and three dikes.
Largemouth bass, bluegill, black and white crappie, channel catfish, flathead catfish, northern pike, and white perch are fished on the lake despite some pollution problems. [3] The Occoquan Boat Club (OBC), founded in 1979 by Rick Evans, is a major boating club located on the reservoir, organizing rowing, sponsoring crew races, sending teams ...
Boaters in non-motorized craft can use the park's canoe-launch to enter the lakes for recreation, wildlife viewing, or fishing for non-native species. [3] Bicyclists and walkers can reach the park via a bicycle path, which runs along North Marine Drive and is part of the Portland metropolitan area's system of greenway trails known as the 40 ...
The Spaulding Turnpike (NH 16) originates in Portsmouth and travels north through Dover and Rochester, connecting the Seacoast with New Hampshire's Lakes Region and White Mountains Region. Amtrak's Downeaster stops in three Seacoast communities - Dover , Durham–UNH , and Exeter - with service to Boston's North Station and Portland , and ...
This is a list of lakes and ponds in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lists 944 lakes and impoundments in their Official List of Public Waters . [ 1 ]
The lake was finally opened in July 1971, although only for boating and fishing, as it was still too polluted to swim in. [12] In September 2014, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors funded a $179,000 study of Lake Accotink Park, [ 13 ] resulting in various options proposed for controlling sedimentation that include eliminating or ...
Since Lake Chesdin was built in the late 1960s, silt buildup on its bottom has reduced the amount of water the lake can hold by 1.5 billion gallons. [3] In addition, a run-of-river hydroelectric facility is located at the dam, which provides power generation whenever the flow over the spillway exceeds 150 cfs, or 1 1 ⁄ 4 -inch flow depth.