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Place | Description |
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Lake Charles | on Grassy Creek, SE Buncombe County. |
Lake Cheoah | NW Graham and SW Swain Counties. Formed 1928 by Aluminum Company of America in damming Little Tennessee River. Covers 648 acres; max. depth 200 ft. Used for power, swimming, and boating. Alt. 1,276. |
Lake Chub | See Loch Lily. |
Lake Comfort | community on the S shore of Lake Mattamuskeet in central Hyde County. |
Lake Craig | on Swannanoa River in central Buncombe County near the E boundary of Asheville. The Asheville Recreation Park is located near the dam. Named for Governor Locke Craig (1860-1925), whose home was nearby. The lake covers approx. 55 acres. Was a source of water for the city of Asheville prior to about 1903. |
Lake Creek | flows SE from Black Lake into South River in E Bladen County. |
Lake Creek Township | in E Bladen County. |
Lake Devin | central Granville County on Hatcher's Run, was formed in 1954 as a source of water for the town of Oxford. Covers 100 acres; max. depth 40 ft. Named for former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, W. A. Devin, a resident of Oxford. |
Lake Drain | flows E from Singletary Lake in E Bladen County into Colly Creek. |
Lake Eden | on a tributary of North Fork [Swannanoa River], E Buncombe County at the former site of Black Mountain College. |