A 350-mile-shoreline border lake, dammed in 1963.
Lake Gaston is a 20,000-acre reservoir straddling the North Carolina-Virginia border, 34 miles long with over 350 miles of shoreline, dammed by Virginia Electric and Power Company and dedicated in 1963 — Eaton Ferry Marina in Littleton, NC anchors the lake's social hub.
Lake Gaston stretches 34 miles along the North Carolina-Virginia border, dammed by Virginia Electric and Power Company (now Dominion) and dedicated on June 26, 1963, nearly forty years after first being proposed. Eaton Ferry Marina in Littleton, NC is the lake's premier full-service marina, with One Eyed Jack's now leasing the waterfront restaurant space after the longtime tenant, The Pointe, closed. WatersView Restaurant, a short drive down Eaton Ferry Road, is the other established North Carolina dining spot, and Daphne's Coffee Shop covers coffee downtown. On the Virginia side, Poplar Pointe Marine and its Shady Shack Grill & Bar cover boating and dining out of Bracey. Medoc Mountain State Park, about 20-30 minutes from Littleton, adds nearly 30 miles of genuinely public hiking trails. South Hill, Virginia covers the grocery run; Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina covers the hospital.
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