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Lake Norman is an artificial fresh water lake in southwest North Carolina. The largest lake in the state, it was created between 1959 and 1964 [1] as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy. Located in Iredell County, 15 miles north of Charlotte, Lake Norman State Park boasts the region's popular mountain biking trail system.
Lake Wylie is a reservoir or man-made lake in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina. The lake has a surface area of 13,400 acres (54 km 2 ) [ 2 ] 20.9 square miles (54 km 2 ) and features 325 miles (523 km) [ 3 ] of shoreline.
Mountain Island Lake is fed by the Catawba River, and is the smallest of the three man-made lakes that border Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Lake Norman, and Lake Wylie). Mountain Island Lake is managed by Charlotte-based company Duke Energy.
man-made 61 Lake Hartwell: Georgia–South Carolina: 87 sq mi 225 km 2: man-made 61 Truman Reservoir: Missouri: 87 sq mi 225 km 2: man-made 63 Lake of the Ozarks: Missouri: 86 sq mi 223 km 2: man-made 64 Oneida Lake: New York: 80 sq mi 207 km 2: natural 65 Lake Cumberland: Kentucky: 79 sq mi 205 km 2: man-made 66 Kerr Lake: North Carolina ...
Fisherman on a summer day in 2011 at Lake Chatuge, an artificial reservoir between North Carolina and Georgia. Lake Chatuge is a man-made reservoir in Towns County, Georgia, and Clay County, North Carolina. It was formed by the Tennessee Valley Authority's construction of Chatuge Dam (then the highest earthen dam in the world) in 1942.
Lake Louise, formerly known as Bullhead Lake, is a 54-acre reservoir in Roaring Gap, North Carolina. A man-made lake, it was formed between 1926 and 1927 in southeastern Alleghany County on the headwaters of Laurel Branch creek. Privately owned by the Roaring Gap Club, it was developed for residents and members for swimming, fishing, and boating.
Badin Lake is in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. It is contained by Narrows Dam at the town of Badin, North Carolina. Sitting within a valley, the lake is very deep, with a maximum depth of 190 ft (58 m). The lake occupies 5,350 acres (22 km 2) and has 115 mi (185 km) of shoreline. [2]
Lake Lynn is a man-made lake in Raleigh, North Carolina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The lake was created for flood control purposes in 1976 by damming Hare Snipe Creek , a tributary of Crabtree Creek . The lake has an area of 55.7 acres (22.5 ha) and lies entirely within the city of Raleigh's 75-acre (30 ha) Lake Lynn Park.