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The town is located on Kerr Lake, which is also known as Buggs Island Lake. The 50,000-acre (202 km 2) lake is popular for boating and fishing; especially for catfish and many varieties of freshwater bass including largemouth bass, striped bass and crappie. The Virginia Lake Festival is held annually at Clarksville during the third weekend of July.
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is a six-day festival held annually in Winchester that includes parades and bluegrass concerts. [31] From 2005 to 2007, Richmond was host of the National Folk Festival. The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is held on a May weekend in Reston. [35]
Occoneechee State Park is a state park near Clarksville, Virginia, located along Buggs Island Lake.Occoneechee State Park is 2,698 acres in size. Its name reflects the Occaneechi Indians, who lived on (and traded from) an island in the Roanoke River near its confluence with the Dan River, which was flooded by the creation of the Kerr Lake reservoir in 1952.
Festival name Location Food July Pork, Peanut, and Pine Festival Surry County: Pork, peanuts May Pungo Strawberry Festival Virginia Beach: Strawberries May Taste of Arlington: Arlington: General restaurant cuisine September Charlottesville Vegan Roots Fest [1] Charlottesville: Vegan cuisine
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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 ...
A father died after attempting to rescue his son from drowning in a Virginia lake over Memorial Day weekend, authorities said. A 42-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy drowned on Saturday, May 25 ...
This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs. [ 1 ] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.