Claytor Lake

Pulaski County, United States · built 1940

Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, is a 4,472-acre (1, 810 ha), 21-mile-long (34 km) reservoir on the New River, created for an Appalachian Power Company (APC) hydroelectric project. It is named for William Graham Claytor, Sr. (1886–1971) of Roanoke, Virginia, a vice president of APC who had supervised the construction of the Claytor Dam, which created the lake. Three miles of Claytor Lake's shoreline is bordered by Virginia's Claytor Lake State Park.

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