Author: N. C. Division of State Parks

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-07

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780428045500

Excerpt from Master Plan, Duke Power State Recreation Area Duke Power State Recreation Area is located in Iredell County on the east side of the upper reaches of Lake Norman, about 32 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina. Presently the State Recreation Area consists of about 1401 acres of land and recreation facilities for swimming, picnicking, camping and related activities. The master plan, which is the first step in the orderly development of the Recreation Area, serves as a unified set of guidelines for preservation and sequential development of the State Recreation Area based on optimum public use. The plan for full development of Duke Power State Recreation Area entails the expansion of lands to 3356 acres by the acquisition of 1063 acres of lands to form a contiguous, comprehensive recreational facility and another 940 acres for scenic easements. The plan provides for the expansion of swimming, picnicking and camping facilities and the development of facilities for nature interpretation, vacation cabins, boat launching, corral and bridle trails, bicycle trails, viewing of scenic Lake Norman and administration and maintenance of the State Recreation Area. The ultimate development of the Duke Power State Recreation Area will provide recreation facilities for 7760 visitors, 5800 in day use facilities and 1960 in overnight facilities. The master plan for the Duke Power State Recreation Area was based on an ecological and resource analysis of the land by assessing its potential to sustain intense recreational development and by an analysis of the needs of the potential recreation visitors for facilities. The demands of this region for recreation facilities exceed the capability of any one area to fully satisfy. The uniqueness of this State Recreation Area is its location on Lake Norman, its prime resource and its proximity to the population in the Charlotte Metropolitan area. The present lands of Duke Power State Recreation Area are inadequate to sustain a viable State Recreation Area in future years and this restraint has been recognized and documented since the area was first developed after the creation of Lake Norman. A program of land acquisition has been started and it is imperative that it continue until the primary acquisition lands recommended are obtained. Presently the State land is primarily located on a peninsula adjacent to the west side of a bay of Lake Norman known as Hicks Creek. Acquiring all of the Hicks Creek shoreline and adjacent lands to the ridge line is included in this plan to preserve one part of Lake Norman as the focal point of the State Recreation Area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.