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The nearest towns are Littleton and Roanoke Rapids in North Carolina, and Clarksville and South Hill in Virginia. The lake is not federally owned. It was formed in 1963 [citation needed] when the Virginia Electric Power Company (VEPCO) built Gaston Dam on the Roanoke River to generate hydroelectric power for Dominion Resources, which owns the ...
The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km) [5] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia , and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina .
In 2018, in response to the possibility that the lake might be eliminated or reduced in size, a group of concerned citizens formed a 501(c)(3) organization, Save Lake Accotink. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] On September 19, 2019, the Park Authority announced its recommendation to dredge the lake to eight foot depth so as to preserve the recreational use of the ...
Smith Mountain Cooperative Wildlife Management Area is a 4,996-acre (20.22 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Bedford and Pittsylvania counties, Virginia.Located on the shores of Smith Mountain Lake, the WMA is owned by Appalachian Power and cooperatively managed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation through a conservation easement ...
Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, [3] United States, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River .
In May 2003, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized a state park along the Mayo River, from the Virginia-North Carolina state line, to the river's confluence with the Dan River. [2] [4] The Mayo Mountain Access was opened to the public on April 1, 2010, as an interim facility. [5] [4] For the first decade of its existence, the park ...
In Southwest Virginia, you’ll find dozens of small mountain towns, but for old-time mountain music, the place to go is Galax, a quaint town of fewer than 7,000 residents.It’s been called the ...
White Oak Mountain WMA is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The area is open to the public for hunting, trapping, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and primitive camping. A shooting range is available for sighting-in firearms. [2]