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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 ...
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.
Palmer Springs, Virginia is an unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.It is bordered to the west by Buggs Island Lake, to the north and east by Lake Gaston, and to the south by the North Carolina state line.
Long Grass Plantation is a historic house and national historic district located along what was the Roanoke River basin. In the 1950s most of it was flooded and became the Buggs Island Lake/John H. Kerr Reservoir in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
During early construction, the project was called Buggs Island Lake after a downstream island which was named after Samuel Bugg, an 18th-century early pioneer. The 82nd United States Congress renamed the project the John H. Kerr Dam later in 1951. [1] The John H. Kerr Dam Project consisted of a dam, powerhouse and switchyard.
Hilly Creek rises in a pond at Omega, Virginia and then flows southeast to join the Hyco River in John H. Kerr Reservoir about 1.5 miles south-southeast of Omega. [ 2 ] Watershed
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 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] It is located on the Yadkin River system, and is operated and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.