Record #:

6668

Author(s):

Messer, Jim

Abstract:

Nantahala Lake was impounded on the Nantahala River in Macon and Clay Counties in the early 1940s by the Nantahala Light and Power Company. Messer discusses access to the lake, accommodations, and the warm-water and cold-water fisheries there. The impoundment comprises 1,610 surface acres and is the largest single body of water designated as public mountain trout water in North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 1959, p4-7, il, map

Subject(s):

Trout fishing--North Carolina, Western; Nantahala Lake (Clay County and Macon County)