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Kerr Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Vance and Warren counties, North Carolina, in the United States. Located north of Henderson near the North Carolina- Virginia border, it includes 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodlands along the shores of the 50,000-acre (202 km 2 ) man-made Kerr Lake .
The John H. Kerr Reservoir (often called Kerr Lake in North Carolina and Bugg's Island Lake in Virginia) [1] is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the John H. Kerr Dam across the Roanoke River between 1947 and 1952 to produce hydroelectricity as well as ...
Jordan Lake State Recreation Area: Piedmont Chatham [2] 4,558 acres (18.45 km 2) [5] 1981 [2] Open This recreation area is located along the shores of Jordan Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built reservoir. Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Piedmont Vance, Warren [2] 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2) [5] 1952 [2] Open
The chiggers carrying a bacteria that can cause scrub typhus were found in several North Carolina state parks and recreation areas. Chiggers infected with potentially deadly bacteria found in NC ...
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Henderson: Vance: Triangle: 50,000-acre man-made lake, Satterwhite Point visitor center features an exhibit hall, programs, also W. Kerr Scott Lake’s Environmental Education Center Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve: Huntersville: Mecklenburg: Charlotte area: website, 1,351 acres, operated by the County
Pages in category "State parks of North Carolina" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... Kerr Lake State Recreation Area; L. Lake James ...
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Constructed between 1947 and 1953, Kerr Lake, Kerr Lake State Recreation Area, and John H. Kerr Dam is named after him deriving from his instrumental efforts towards the project. Kerr's son, John H. Kerr, Jr., and grandson, John H. Kerr, III, both served in the North Carolina General Assembly.