Archive for KLPW – Boating and Related Improvements
PUBLIC RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SQUASHING THE ONLY LIFE SAVING/RESCUE/RECOVERY ACCREDITED TEAM FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA WATERS OF KERR LAKE; AND THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHY THIS ISSUE IS MOVING SO FAST WITHOUT USUAL CONSIDERATION AND HEARINGS. The Vance County Board of Commissioners is currently considering eliminating the Vance County Rescue Squad. During recent meetings, … Read more
Continue Reading →Enjoy an Occoneechee Canoe Paddle this Saturday, May 25th from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Experience Occoneechee State Park from a different perspective, as you paddle around the shoreline of Buggs Island Lake. The park staff will provide instruction and all paddling equipment needed: canoe, paddles, and PFDs. Please wear proper clothing and closed-toe water … Read more
Continue Reading →NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION TO INSTALL LOCKED GATES ON KERR RAMPS – Hibernia NCWRC ramps are first. In a time when many are questioning, if not confused by, increased government intervention in many of the daily mainstream aspects of citizen life, here comes another blow to personal freedoms. Kerr Lake started filling in 1952. Boat … Read more
Continue Reading →HIGH WATER ALERT High water, not Hiawatha is returning in a big WAY. Recent rains, some torrential, are swelling the flood pool of John H Kerr Reservoir. At about 307 feet above mean sea level, and that’s 7 feet above the normal full pool level, Kerr Lake is likely to rise almost another 2 feet … Read more
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Leave a Comment (0) →Happy and pretty dry New Year from Kerr Lake. Kerr Lake is suffering from chronic low tide. The lake went down in September and has remained uncustomarily low around the 294-foot level for about four months. Normal lake level is 300 feet above mean sea level. You can see from the attached USACE graph that … Read more
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