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Claytor Lake State Park is a 472-acre (191 ha) state park in Pulaski County, Virginia.The park is located on Claytor Lake, a 4,500-acre (18 km 2), 21-mile-long (34 km) reservoir on the New River formed by Claytor Dam, which is used to generate hydroelectric power by the Appalachian Power Company.
It is named for W. Graham Claytor, Sr. (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia, a vice president of Appalachian Power who had supervised the construction of the Claytor Dam, which created the lake. Three miles of Claytor Lake's shoreline is bordered by Virginia's Claytor Lake State Park. [1]
Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. ... Lake Chesdin; Claytor Lake; Lake Conner; Curtis Lake [2] Diascund Reservoir ...
South Carolina: Lake Murray. The 50,000-acre, man-made fishing hole known as Lake Murray is known throughout the state for its striped bass. It has produced record-setting white bass, white perch ...
Haven B. Howe House is a historic home located at Claytor Lake State Park, near Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia. It was built between 1876 and 1879, and is a two-story, brick dwelling with Italianate style detailing. It has a rear brick ell and projecting one-story bays on both end walls. It features ornamental wrought iron porch supports.
Assateague Island National Seashore is a unit of the National Park Service system of the U.S. Department of the Interior.Located on the East Coast along the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland and Virginia, Assateague Island is the largest natural barrier island ecosystem in the Middle Atlantic states region that remains predominantly unaffected by human development.
Claytor Lake, 21 mile long reservoir in Pulaski County, Virginia on the New River created for a hydroelectric project of Appalachian Power Company; Claytor Lake State Park in Pulaski County, Virginia is located on Claytor Lake; Miller–Claytor House, historic home located at Riverside Park in Lynchburg, Virginia
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