John H. Kerr Reservoir (Va. and N.C.)
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Buggs Island Lake (Va. and N.C.)
Buggs Island Reservoir (Va. and N.C.)
Kerr, Lake (Va. and N.C.)
Kerr Reservoir (Va. and N.C.)
Lake Kerr (Va. and N.C.)
Townsville Lake (Va. and N.C.)
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found: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District website, Nov. 8, 2005:(John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir (In the 1950's Kerr Reservoir, also called Buggs Island Lake, was constructed primarily to provide for flood control and hydropower generation))
found: GNIS, Nov. 8, 2005(John H. Kerr Reservoir, 36⁰35ʹ55ʺN, 078⁰17ʹ54ʺW; variants: Townsville Lake, Buggs Island Lake, Buggs Island Reservoir, authorized in the 1944 Flood Control Act completed between 1947 and 1953; originally named for Samuel Bugg who owned Buggs Island; renamed in 1951 by Congress for the North Carolina Congressman)
found: GeoNames [algorithmically matched]reservoir; 36°35ʹ55ʺN 078°17ʹ54ʺW
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Change Notes
2005-11-21: new
2014-06-30: revised
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