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  2. Category:Films shot in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Captain Phillips (film) Carver (film) Cherry Falls; A Christmas Kiss; Clear and Present Danger (film) Coal Miner's Daughter (film) Cold Mountain (film) Coming Through the Rye (film) Contact (1997 American film) The Contender (2000 film) Country Justice; Cry Wolf (2005 film) Cupid & Cate

  3. Smith Mountain Lake - Wikipedia

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    The lake reached its normal water level in March 1966. The lake covers 20,600 acres (83 km 2) and has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. The north shore of the lake lies entirely in Bedford County. Located along the lake shore at Wirtz, Virginia is the Gwin Dudley Home Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [4]

  4. Mountain Lake (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was originally known as Salt Pond, as it was where cattle were given salt. [1] The area is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.

  5. List of lakes of Virginia - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Thriller 'Caddo Lake' was partly filmed in Shreveport. Here's ...

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    New movie "Caddo Lake" filmed in Shreveport: How to watch. The movie's plot revolves around the mysterious disappearance of an 8-year-old girl on Caddo Lake, and results in a link between past ...

  7. Dirty Dancing - Wikipedia

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    Filming took place in Lake Lure, North Carolina, and Mountain Lake, Virginia, with the film's score composed by John Morris and dance choreography by Kenny Ortega. Dirty Dancing premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 1987 and was released on August 21 in the United States, earning over $214 million worldwide—$64 million in the US ...

  8. Lake Drummond - Wikipedia

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    Several theories exist about the lake's origin. Some postulate that it was created by a large underground peat fire 3,500–6,000 years ago. Native American legends speak of "the fire bird" creating Lake Drummond. [1] Other theories include a meteorite impact and a tectonic shift. Lake Drummond is one of only two natural freshwater lakes in ...

  9. Great Dismal Swamp - Wikipedia

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    Lake Drummond is a circular body of water, and is one of only two naturally occurring freshwater lakes in Virginia. [3] Along the Great Dismal Swamp's eastern edge runs the Dismal Swamp Canal . The canal is 22 miles long, and was completed in 1805 to provide a pathway for trade between Chesapeake Bay , Virginia and the Albemarle Sound in North ...