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Bear Creek Lake is a 476-acre reservoir on the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County, formed …

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Lake Tahoma is a private, 163-acre reservoir on Buck Creek about five miles northwest of Marion in McDowell County. Local investors created it in 1924, …

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Beaver Lake in Asheville is privately owned by Lake View Park residents, with an Audubon bird sanctuary and boardwalk alongside. Lake Powhatan has …

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Kanuga Lake and Lake Osceola are two lakes near Hendersonville with dam histories worth knowing. Kanuga began as George Stephens' 1909 Kanuga Lake …

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Champion Fibre built Lake Logan's dam on the West Fork of the Pigeon River in 1932, and Pactiv Evergreen owned it as of 2024 with …

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Lake Summit is a private reservoir on the Green River in Henderson County, created by a dam the Blue Ridge Power and Light …

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Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County is North Carolina's largest privately held lake. It is owned by the Lake Toxaway Community Association and reserved for Lake Toxaway …

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Fairfield Lake in Sapphire Valley, near Cashiers in Jackson County, dates to the 1890s; one local site says the lake …

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Jackson County's four East Fork lakes, Cedar Cliff, Bear Creek, Wolf Creek and Tanasee …

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Lake Glenville is a 1,462-acre reservoir in Jackson County, formed in 1941 when Nantahala Power and Light dammed the West Fork of the Tuckasegee River. …