Lake Gaston

E476547
artificial lake hydroelectric reservoir reservoir

Lake Gaston is a large hydroelectric reservoir on the Virginia–North Carolina border popular for boating, fishing, and lakeside vacation homes.

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Label Occurrences
Lake Gaston canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
hydroelectric reservoir ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gaston Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Dominion Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia Electric and Power Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
downstreamFrom Kerr Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation approximately 200 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 61 meters above sea level ⓘ
fishSpecies catfish ⓘ
crappie ⓘ
largemouth bass ⓘ
striped bass ⓘ
sunfish ⓘ
formedByDamOn Roanoke River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDam Gaston Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
inflow Roanoke River NERFINISHED ⓘ
length approximately 34 miles ⓘ
approximately 55 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Brunswick County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halifax County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mecklenburg County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Northampton County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
Warren County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Bracey, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Littleton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
outflow Roanoke River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roanoke River chain of reservoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ
popularFor lakeside vacation homes ⓘ
retirement communities ⓘ
second homes ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
recreationalActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
water skiing ⓘ
shoreLength over 350 miles ⓘ
over 560 kilometers ⓘ
surfaceArea 20000 acres ⓘ
approximately 81 square kilometers ⓘ
upstreamFrom Roanoke Rapids Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warren County, North Carolina → hasWaterBody → Lake Gaston ⓘ
Roanoke River → formsReservoir → Lake Gaston ⓘ
Mecklenburg County, Virginia → hasMajorWaterBody → Lake Gaston ⓘ
Macon → isNear → Lake Gaston ⓘ
subject surface form: Macon, North Carolina
Macon → hasNearbyAttraction → Lake Gaston ⓘ
subject surface form: Macon, North Carolina
Macon → hasProximityToWaterBody → Lake Gaston ⓘ
subject surface form: Macon, North Carolina