Gazetteer
Place | Description |
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Lake Rogers |
See Creedmoor Lake. |
Lake Run |
flows S from Little Singletary Lake, NE Bladen County, into Ellis Creek. |
Lake Santeetlah |
See Santeetlah Lake. |
Lake Sapphire |
central Transylvania County on Allison Creek approx. 1½ mi. N of town of Brevard. Covers 3 acres, with a max. depth of 30 ft. Used for recreation. See also Sapphire Lake. |
Lake Scuppernong |
See Lake Phelps. |
Lake Sequoyah |
SE Macon County at the head of Cullasaja River. Formed about 1920. Covers approx. 150 acres, with a max. depth of 40 ft. Owned by the town of Highlands and used as a source of power and for swimming, fishing, boating, and skating. Named for Sequoyah (1770?-1843), Indian teacher. |
Lake Summit |
S Henderson County on Green River. Formed in 1920 as a source of power. Covers 350 acres, with a max. depth of 100 ft. A textile mill formerly operated there, and summer homes stand along the shores of the lake. |
Lake Susan |
NE Buncombe County. Formed by a dam on Flat Creek in Montreat. |
Lake Tabor |
S Columbus County. Formed by a dam on Grissett Swamp. Covers 8 acres, with a max. depth of 15 ft. Known as Spiveys Pond in the early twentieth century, when it was used to provide waterpower to operate a gristmill. The dam broke in 1950. The site was purchased by Tabor City, the dam was rebuilt, and the name was changed in 1955. |
Lake Tahoma |
W McDowell County on Buck Creek and Little Buck Creek. Formed about 1927 by J. Q. Gilkey of Marion. The name, an Indian word believed to mean "mountain lake of the gods," was suggested by Mary Hudgins of Marion. Covers approx. 500 acres; max. depth 30 to 40 ft. Owned by Lake Tahoma, Inc., a landholding corporation. |