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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 ...
Newport, North Carolina: Active: Camp Steere: Camp Tom Upchurch: Camp Uwharrie: Uwharrie Council: Closed: Camp Uwharrie, Greensboro, NC was one of the oldest Boy Scout camps in the United States. It was founded in 1922! Camp Tuscarora: Camp Wenasa: General Greene Council: Brown Summit, NC: Closed: Cherokee Council Explorer Base: Cherokee Scout ...
Camp Gaea, a non-denominational retreat center/campground near McLouth that tolerates nudity in some areas [183] Lake Edun, [184] a family naturist facility near Topeka affiliated with The Naturist Society [185] Prairie Haven in Scranton, a family nudist club affiliated with AANR and The Naturist Society [186] [187]
Camp Durant is the primary summer camping facility of the Occoneechee Council. Camp Durant is a part of the Occoneechee Scout Reservation, a 2,400-acre (9.7 km 2) tract in central Moore County, North Carolina. The property straddles the geographic division of the Piedmont and Sandhills regions of North Carolina. [citation needed]
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 .
Seattle: Broadview Thomas School encampment, [29] CHAZ, The Jungle, Nickelsville, [30] Tent City 3 and Tent City 4; Spokane, Washington: Camp Hope is located on Washington State Department of Transportation property adjacent to Interstate 90. With a population of over 600, it the largest homeless encampment on state land in Washington. [31] [32]
On June 22, 1986, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Campgrounds that Double as Clubs," explaining that "membership campgrounds tout themselves as destination resorts, where families can get away for a weekend or longer in an atmosphere that is a mixture of natural retreat and private country club." The same article reported that ...
John H. Kerr Dam is concrete gravity-dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Kerr Lake. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953 for the purposes of flood control, and hydropower. The dam also serves wildlife resources, forest conservation, and public recreational uses.