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This is a list of lakes in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Ada Lake; Alpine Lake;
Summersville Lake is a reservoir located in the US state of West Virginia. The lake is formed by a rock-fill dam (Summersville Dam) on the Gauley River, south of Summersville in Nicholas County. It is the largest lake in West Virginia, with 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) of water and over 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline at the summer pool water level.
Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,959. [1] Its county seat is Hinton. [2] The county was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on February 27, 1871, from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties and named in honor of George W. Summers (1804–1868).
After years of construction on the dam, the manmade lake is nearly ready for anglers and boaters. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Oct. 21—SOMERSET — A Somerset contractor was awarded a $82,965 job this week to add another segment of a planned trail loop around Somerset Lake, but the project will be delayed a bit, county ...
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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]