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 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

6682

Author(s):

Messer, Jim

Abstract:

In the 1950s, the Nantahala Power and Light Company began impounding a series of small reservoirs on the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River and its upper tributaries. Bear Creek Lake, located in the middle of the chain of reservoirs in Jackson County, was completed in 1954. Messer discusses the lake and its fisheries of smallmouth bass and brown trout.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 25 Issue 11, Nov 1961, p15-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bear Creek Lake; Lakes--Jackson County

Record #:

6690

Author(s):

Messer, Jim

Abstract:

Santeetlah Lake, a hydroelectric power reservoir, was impounded on the Cheoah River by the Aluminum Company of America in 1927. It is located almost in the center of Graham County. Messer discusses access to the lake, accommodations, and fish populations.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 27 Issue 7, July 1963, p4-5, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Santeetlah Lake; Lakes--Graham County