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28571
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Good fishing can be found at most of the state parks in North Carolina. The best places to fish, the type of fish stocked at each park, and the best times of year to fish are described for 12 state parks. The fishing at Lake Norman, New River, South Mountains, Jordan Lake, Kerr Lake, Morrow Mountain, Fort Fisher, Fort Macon, Merchants Millpond, Pettigrew, Hanging Rock, and Eno River State Parks are all detailed. Hanging Rock, Eno River, and Fort Macon are highlighted with anecdotes and advice from parks employees and local fishing experts.
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12896
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Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in North Carolina, is under construction. Funded and owned by the Duke Power Company, Lake Norman will be 33 miles long, contain 400 miles of coastline, and span some 32, 510 acres. The dam forming the lake will be on the Mecklenburg-Lincoln line, stretching 100 feet tall and 5,649 feet in length. It is hoped that the lake will be open to the public in late 1963, early 1964.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 10, Oct 1959, p9, 22, il
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33168
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Duke Power Company operated an experimental hypolimnetic aerator in Lake Norman, North Carolina, in the summer of 1984. It showed that an oxygenated cold-water refuge area could be created for striped bass, which are often stressed to the point of mortalities in southeastern reservoirs in late summer.
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11927
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Created by the Cowans Ford Dam, Lake Norman, named for former Duke Power Company President, Norman A. Cocke, is North Carolina's largest lake. Covering 32,500 acres with 520 miles of shoreline in Catawba, Lincoln, Iredell, and Mecklenburg Counties, Lake Norman is in the process of being zoned for commercial and residential development. \r\n
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 31 Issue 21, Mar 1964, p10-11, il
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36235
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Mooresville, founded by a local farmer in the 1850s, has experienced urban style and size growth. Contributions to its accelerated development came from families such as the Macks, whose century-plus contribution inspired the Charles Mack Citizen Center. Also attributing to the town’s growth was companies such as the NASCAR Technical Institute, Corvid Technologies, and Trump National Golf Club Charlotte.
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38304
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Service clubs had the task of drawing communities together in the years before social media networks. How service clubs like the Optimists and Sherrills Fords Lions Club maintain their place in their respective communities is through charitable endeavors. Profiled was North Carolina Lions’ funding Camp Dogwood and Optimists’ fundraising research related to cures for childhood cancer.
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