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The lake reached its normal water level in March 1966. The lake covers 20,600 acres (83 km 2) and has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. The north shore of the lake lies entirely in Bedford County. Located along the lake shore at Wirtz, Virginia is the Gwin Dudley Home Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [4]
Several theories exist about the lake's origin. Some postulate that it was created by a large underground peat fire 3,500–6,000 years ago. Native American legends speak of "the fire bird" creating Lake Drummond. [1] Other theories include a meteorite impact and a tectonic shift. Lake Drummond is one of only two natural freshwater lakes in ...
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.
Lake Drummond is a circular body of water, and is one of only two naturally occurring freshwater lakes in Virginia. [3] Along the Great Dismal Swamp's eastern edge runs the Dismal Swamp Canal . The canal is 22 miles long, and was completed in 1805 to provide a pathway for trade between Chesapeake Bay , Virginia and the Albemarle Sound in North ...
Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was originally known as Salt Pond, as it was where cattle were given salt. [1] The area is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.
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 ...
Lake Anna is approximately 17 miles (27 km) long from tip to tip, with 200 miles (320 km) of shoreline. [3] The lake is divided into two sides by three stone dikes. The public side (also known as the "cold" side) is roughly 9,000 acres (36 km 2 ), while the private side (known as the "warm" side) is roughly 4,000 acres (16 km 2 ).
Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, is a 4,472-acre (1,810 ha), 21-mile-long (34 km) reservoir on the New River, created for an Appalachian Power Company hydroelectric project. It is named for W. Graham Claytor, Sr. (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia , a vice president of Appalachian Power who had supervised the construction of the ...