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Place Description
Lake Landing

community in E Hyde County on the SE shore of Lake Mattamuskeet. The courthouse was there from about 1820 to 1836.
Lake Landing Township

E Hyde County.
Lake Lanier

in S Polk County, N.C., and NE Greenville County, S.C. Formed about 1916-18. Covers 127 acres, with a max. depth of 70 ft. Named for poet Sidney Lanier (1842-81), who spent his last years in Polk County. Water source for town of Tryon. Used for recreation and for commercial purposes.
Lake Lee

See Lake Monroe.
Lake Logan

S Haywood County on West Fork Pigeon River. Approx. 1½ mi. long and ¼ mi. wide. A water reservoir for Champion Paper and Fiber Company in Canton. Alt. 2,909.
Lake Louise

a 35-acre lake formed in 1927 in SE Alleghany County on the headwaters of Laurel Branch. Owned by Roaring Gap, Inc., and open exclusively to stockholders and guests for fishing, swimming, and boating.
Lake Lure

town in W Rutherford County on the lake of the same name. Est. 1925; inc. 1927. Alt. 1,050. The town has an immense corporate limit situating it on Buffalo Creek, Broad River, and Pool Creek.
Lake Mattamuskeet

central Hyde County, a natural lake covering approx. 30,000 acres. Alt. 3 ft. below sea level. Max. depth 5 ft. Discovered 1585 by Richard Grenville's exploring party. Appears as Paquippe on the White map, 1585, for an Indian word meaning shallow (or dry) lake; as Paquike Lake on the Comberford map, 1657; and as Mattamuskeet Lake on the Moseley map, 1733. Present name from an Indian word Mata-mackya-t-wi (it is a moving swamp; quaky bog). As early as 1789 efforts were made to drain the lake for farming purposes, and the most recent efforts at drainage came to an end in 1934. Now a federal wildlife refuge. See also Aramuskeet; Aromuskek Marshes; New Holland.
Lake Michael

W Orange County. Formed in 1953 as a municipal water supply for the town of Mebane. Covers 51 acres; max. depth 20 ft. Named for Arthur Michael, engineer for the town of Mebane at the time the lake was formed.
Lake Michie (mick-e)

reservoir for the city of Durham. About 4 mi. long on Flat River, NE Durham County.