Charlotte's Big 3 Lakes 4K (DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone Footage) Lake Norman, Wylie, and Mountain Island!!

Charlotte , North Carolina is the 15th most populous City in the United States and the second largest City in the Southeast of the United States. Charlotte is named after Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Ireland - who reigned from 1761 to 1801. Charlotte was incorporated in 1768.

Charlotte is home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America , Truist Financial , and the east coast operations of Well Fargo. Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the United States.

Charlotte has a lot of attractions - here are some to note:
. Carolina Panthers
. Charlotte Hornets
. NASCAR Hall of Fame
. NASCAR All Star Race
. Wells Fargo Championship
. Charlotte Ballet
. Billy Graham Library
. Discovery Place
. Carolinas Aviation Museum
. Charlotte Knights
. Carowinds
. U.S. National Whitewater Center
and so much more.....

Lake Norman - the largest man-made body of water in North Carolina and 97th largest lake in the U.S. Created between the years of 1959 and 1964 - the lake was part of the Cowans Ford Dam project by Duke Energy.

Lake Norman is fed by the Catawba River, and drains into Mountain Island Lake to the south. It was named after former Duke Power president Norman Atwater Cocke. Lake Norman is sometimes referred to as the "inland sea" of North Carolina; it offers 520 miles (840 km) of shoreline and a surface area of more than 50 square miles (130 km2). Full pond at Lake Norman is 760 feet (230 m) above mean sea level. Interstate 77 and North Carolina Highway 150 cross Lake Norman at different points.

Long before the Catawba River was dammed in 1963 to create Lake Norman, the river and surrounding area were home to the Catawba people of North Carolina. Now with a reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this Indian nation lived along the Catawba River for 6,000 years.

The construction of the Cowan's Ford Dam and the subsequent creation of Lake Norman in the late 1950s and early 1960s represented just one part of a larger hydroelectric project on the Catawba River, dating back to the early 1900s. Furthermore, it fits into the larger context of river manipulation and the "energy-water nexus" that developed in the U.S. South in the early to mid-1900s. Over the course of the twentieth century, public and private entities across the U.S. South sought water management solutions for two primary purposes: environmental control—limiting flooding and drought—and electric power production.

Mountain Island Lake is a lake northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina created in 1924 to coincide with the building of Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station. It is named after the mountain which appears as an island in the lake, and the surrounding area is identified by the lake's name. The shape of the lake follows the meander of the Catawba River's course, dammed near the Mount Holly Wastewater Plant. Full pond elevation is approximately 647.5 feet (197 m). The lake has around 3,281 acres (13 km2) of surface area and 61 miles (98 km) of shoreline.

Mountain Island Lake is fed by the Catawba River, and is the smallest of the three man-made lakes that border Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Lake Norman, and Lake Wylie). Mountain Island Lake is managed by Charlotte-based company Duke Energy. The primary function of Mountain Island Lake is to provide drinking water for over 1 million residents of Charlotte and surrounding Mecklenburg County, as well as Mount Holly and Gastonia in Gaston County. The lake is also accessible to the public for boating and fishing use. There are three boating access areas on the lake and a tailrace fishing platform for bank fishing in cooperation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Lake Wylie is a popular man made lake that borders North & South Carolina and is less than 30 minutes away from Uptown Charlotte. Lake Wylie is the 7th largest lake per area in North Carolina with a surface area of 13,400 acres and has 325 miles of shoreline. It is also the oldest lake in the Catawba River basin. The average depth of the lake is 20 feet.

Lake Wylie was first named Lake Catawba when the lake was built in 1904. It wasn't until 1960 when Duke Power decided to change the name to Wylie Lake. The lake is named after W. Gil Wylie , who was one of the founders of the original Catawba Power Company which is Duke Power today.

Today many people enjoy the lake from the surrounding cities of Charlotte, Rock Hill , or Fort Mill. Tega Cay and Lake Wylie are located on Lake Wylie.

Lake Wylie is a beautiful lake and be accessed for your boat on one of the six public boat ramps.

Hope you enjoyed the views of Charlotte's Lake. Hope you enjoyed the view from a bird's eye view!

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