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The W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir is a 1,475-acre (5.97 km 2) artificial lake impounded by a dam located in Wilkes County, North Carolina. [2]
W. W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir; Walters Dam; Lake Wylie This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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 ...
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. [23] The W. Kerr Scott lake is the largest body of water in Wilkes.
Drone footage shot by storm chaser Brandon Clement showed the improvement in water level and snowpack in places such as Folson Lake, Lake Oroville and Donner Pass, since last summer.
Water supplies for many communities in North and South Carolina are taken from the Yadkin-Pee Dee and during drought years the division of the water is a contentious issue. [ citation needed ] The Mitchell River was impacted in the 1980s by massive runoff of sediment from land clearing at the Olde Beau development.
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 ...
William Kerr Scott (April 17, 1896 – April 16, 1958) was an American politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party , he was the 62nd governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953, and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.