The
30-mile radius that composes
Lake
Norman
is filled with everything you’ll need for work and play. Extending
across four counties are four school systems and private school options,
recreational activities such as boating, skiing, fishing and golfing and
a great variety of dining and
shopping.
.
Cowans Ford Dam created the largest manmade body of fresh water in North Carolina when it dammed the Catawba River in 1963. The total length of the facility is 7,387 feet, including more than a mile of earthen dam. The concrete portion of the dam is 1,279 feet long and 130 feet high.
Lake Norman is an "inland sea" with a surface area of more than 32,475 acres. Named after former Duke Power president Norman Cocke, Lake Norman is nearly as large as the other ten lakes on the Catawba combined.
Full pond elevation at Lake Norman NC is 760 feet. The water of Lake Norman is used in two ways to provide electricity to the Piedmont Carolinas. It is used to power the generators at Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station and by Marshall Steam Station and McGuire Nuclear Station to cool the steam that drives the turbines. This steam is condensed back to water so it can be pumped back through the plants and used again.
The Lake
Norman
provides a dependable supply of water to Lincoln County, Davidson,
NC Mooresville NC, Charlotte
Mecklenburg and Huntersville NC.
Lake
Norman borders - on the
east side of I77 - Mooresville NC (exit 33 and exit 36), Cornelius
NC (exit 28) Troutman NC (exit 42 and exit 45), Davidson NC (exit 30)
and Huntersville NC (exit 25)
and on the west side - Denver and NC and
Sherrills Ford NC - Catawba County. When you are ready to buy
Lake
Norman realty, call us at
800-315-5947.
We would like to assist you - at no obligation - in your home search or lot search.
For your move to Lake Norman see our Moving to Lake Norman NC Hints
For things to do before you buy a homes see homes for sale Charlotte Lake Norman NC
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