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Mountain Island Lake
Official Web site For Safe Boating ,Take a Kid Fishing
today, Remember do not Trash our lake!!! pick up what you bring, please do not litter!!! The Lake is not your trash Can!!!!
Mountain Island Lake was
created in 1924 to coincide with the building of Mountain Island
Hydroelectric Station. Riverbend Steam
Station is also located on Mountain Lake and uses the lake to
cool the steam that drives the turbines
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 lake has
around 3,281 acres of surface area and 61 miles
of shoreline.
The primary function of Mountain Island Lake is to provide
drinking water for residents of Mecklenburg, and Gaston
County.
The lake is also accessible to the public for boating and fishing
use.
Public Boat Access: From I-85 exit 37 head north on Beatties Ford
Road about 12 miles to SR-2165.
Turn left (west) and continue to ramp. From I-85 exit 26 take
NC-273 north to its intersection with NC-16.
Turn right (back toward Charlotte) and go south about a
mile
to SR-1912 (at Duke Power Village). Turn left and it's about
a 1/2 mile to ramp.
Inside of Mountain Island Lake is a small island called Mountain
Island. This used to be a fun place to go camping,
for year families would enjoy weekends of fun on the island. A
small group of people who think they own the lake have
stopped all camping activates on the island and want to stop boat
access and Jet skies and water skiing on the lake.
Remember safe Boating is no
Accident