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Lake Charleson Grassy Creek, SE Buncombe County.
Lake CheoahNW 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 ChubSee Loch Lily.
Lake Comfortcommunity on the S shore of Lake Mattamuskeet in central Hyde County.
Lake Craigon 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 Creekflows SE from Black Lake into South River in E Bladen County.
Lake Creek Townshipin E Bladen County.
Lake Devincentral 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 Drainflows E from Singletary Lake in E Bladen County into Colly Creek.
Lake Edenon a tributary of North Fork [Swannanoa River], E Buncombe County at the former site of Black Mountain College.