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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.
Summersville Lake State Park spans 177 acres (72 ha) of forested hills along the northern shore of Summersville Lake, a reservoir on the Gauley River. [1] [2] As the largest lake in West Virginia, Summersville Lake covers 2,790 acres (1,130 ha) with over 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline at the summer pool water level.
Summersville is located at (38.283342, -80.844207 It is located just north of the Gauley River which is famous for its challenging whitewater. The river is impounded by a large dam which creates Summersville Lake, creating flatwater recreation as well.
The dam, built in 1841 and reconstructed in 1959, has been worked on many times throughout the year. ... The initial work includes the installation of a temporary causeway and the construction of ...
Gad is an extinct town in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.The community was located on McKee's Creek, but was purchased by the US Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of Summersville Lake, [1] which opened on September 3, 1966.
Cindy Ord/Getty Images. Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford pictured at an Omega event in N.Y.C. on Nov. 14, 2023. Gerber hasn’t revealed any plans to remake the commercial in the near future.
Hawks Nest Dam photographed in 2022. The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was a large-scale incident of occupational lung disease in the 1930s as the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project.
North of Santa Fe on the Chama River, El Vado is a 90-year-old, 230-foot dam that in the past has been an important tool for holding back water to distribute to Middle Rio Grande Valley farmers ...