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1024415 [1] The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing 215 miles (346 km). [2] It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control.
Opened in 1962, the dam created a lake with a shoreline of 56 miles. The lake is used for boating, swimming, fishing, and waterskiing; it is especially noted for its excellent bass fishing. [22] The W. Kerr Scott lake is the largest body of water in Wilkes.
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 .
Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. ... Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Lake (officially John H. Kerr Reservoir)) Burke Lake;
This is a sortable list of multisport and triathlon fatalities. It contains information on athletes, spectators or staff who died as a result of participating in a multisport event or triathlon. Motorcycle rider died in collision with athlete. Bicycle accident, head, rib and other injuries. Taken to hospital, passed away on 5/29/2023.
W. Kerr Scott Reservoir; High Rock Lake; Tuckertown Reservoir; Badin Lake; Falls Reservoir; All the major lakes except the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir generate hydroelectric power for the "Yadkin Project" which is under the control of the aluminium producing company Alcoa, [11] and licensed to operate by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Wyoming and List of dams and reservoirs in Wyoming. See also the categories Lakes of Wyoming and Reservoirs in Wyoming. Lake Alice. Bradley Lake. Emma Matilda Lake. Flaming Gorge Reservoir (extends into Utah) Jackson Lake. Jenny Lake. Leigh Lake.
Coordinates. 36°14′58″N 81°27′16″W / 36.249341°N 81.454337°W / 36.249341; -81.454337. Type. Cascade, slide. Total height. More than 250 ft [1] Cascade Falls, also called "The Cascades", is a waterfall located at E. B. Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States.