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in the

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of the

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. The Badin Lake Dam was built in 1917 to support local aluminum smelting plant,

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, and the associated community of Badin was named for the founder, Adrien Badin. The power generation unit was sold to Cube Hydro Carolinas in February 2017. Badin Lake is in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. It is contained by Narrows Dam at the town of

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. Sitting within a valley, the lake is very deep, with a maximum depth of 190 ft (58 m). The lake occupies and has 115 mi (185 km) of shoreline. Its waters have an average summer temperature of 84.4 °F (29.1 °C) and an average winter temperature of 50.6 °F (10.3 °C). No ferries cross Badin Lake. The northernmost point of

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is roughly downstream from Narrows Dam. The lake lies within

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, Montgomery, and

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counties. Much of the lake's eastern shoreline lies within the

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Recreation

Badin Lake offers both residents and visitors a wide range of recreational opportunities such as golf, fishing, boating, hiking, camping, and hunting. Badin Lake has many game fish, including

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, and

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. There are no

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in Badin Lake.

1944 Plane Crash

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Gallery

Badin Lake, North Carolina.jpg, Badin Lake viewed from the boat launch in Badin, NC. Badin Lake, Fall 2014.jpg, Badin Lake from Kings Mountain Point, evening exposure looking west

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1944 Plane Crash

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