Lake James State Park
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History
Started in 1987, Lake James State Park had 471,566 visitors in 2014. The park added Script error: No such module "convert". purchased from Crescent Resources, which once managed Duke Energy real estate, in the Long Arm Peninsula and Paddy's Creek areas in 2005. On January 11, 2016, Governor Pat McCrory announced the addition of Script error: No such module "convert". with Script error: No such module "convert". of shoreline. The land was purchased for $1.74 million through the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. Crescent Communities (formerly Crescent Resources) had kept the land in 2005 but sold it after The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina arranged the deal.[2][3]
The further conservation, preservation, and protection of the park is formally supported by the Friends of Lake James State Park.[4][5]
Nearby state parks
The following state parks and state forests are within Script error: No such module "convert". of Lake James State Park:
- Chimney Rock State Park
- Grandfather Mountain State Park
- Mount Mitchell State Park
- Roan Mountain State Park, Tennessee
- South Mountains State Park
- Tuttle Educational State Forest
See also
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External links
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