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Facts
about Lake Norman
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Lake
Norman is located about 18 miles north of downtown Charlotte and is
bordered by four counties: Iredell to the east and north, Mecklenburg
to the east and south, Lincoln to the west and south, and Catawba
to the west and north. |
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Lake
Norman was created in 1963 with the completion of the Cowan's Ford
Dam and was named after the retired President of Duke Power, Norman
Atwater Cocke. |
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The
Cowan's Ford Dam is the largest and last in a series of dams built
on the Catawba River by the Duke Power Company to generate hydroelectric
power. The total length of the Cowan's Ford Dam is 7,387 feet with
more than a mile of earthen dam. The concrete portion of the dam is
1,279 feet long and 130 feet high. |
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Lake
Norman is 34 miles long, 8 miles wide at its widest point, has 520
miles of shoreline, covers a surface area of more than 32,475 acres,
and can hold 3.4 trillion gallons or 1,093,600 acre-feet of water.
Its deepest point is over 100 feet and its average depth is 33 feet. |
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Lake
Norman is the largest lake in North Carolina in terms of water capacity
with about 1,093,600 acre-feet. It is the second largest lake in North
Carolina in terms of surface area with about 32,475 acres. In terms
of surface area, Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest lake in North Carolina
with about 40,000 acres, but has a water capacity of only 80,000 acre-feet
about 20 percent less than Lake Norman. |
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Lake
Norman provides water to Lincoln County, Davidson, Mooresville, Charlotte-Mecklenburg,
and Huntersville, North Carolina, acts as flood control for waters
from the Carolina Mountains, and provides electricity to the Piedmont
Carolinas by powering the generators at Cowan's Ford Hydroelectric
Station and by cooling the steam that drives the turbines at Marshall
Steam Station and McGuire Nuclear Station. |
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Lake
Norman is open to the public and is available for power boating, sailing,
fishing, swimming, and other recreation normally associated with a
lake of its size. And National Fishing Tournaments and other water
sporting events are held regularly on Lake Norman. |
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