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{{Infobox body of water
| name = Lake Adger
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| location = [[Polk County, North Carolina]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|35.3346668|-82.2234098|format=dms|region:US-NC_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite GNIS|998824|Lake Adger|Jan 16, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Lake Adger''' is a mountain lake in [[Polk County, North Carolina]], north of [[Tryon, North Carolina|Tryon]] and south of [[Lake Lure, North Carolina]].
 
==Overview==
The lake was formed in 1925 when Blue Ridge Power built a dam on the [[Green River (North Carolina)|Green River]] at Turner Shoals.<ref name="Tryon">{{cite web | url=http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2011/02/02/power-in-polk-county/ | title=From Catawba Power to Duke Energy | publisher=Tryon Daily Bulletin | date=February 2, 2011 | accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref> Lake Adger is approximately 500 {{convert|438|acres}} and has over {{convert|14 |miles}} of shoreline. The property around Lake Adger is private with the exception of a public boat landing that is leased from lakeLake Adger Homeowners Association by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for $15,000 a year for public boating and fishing. In 2009 the Lakelake was purchased by Polk County for $1.6 million dollars.<ref name="Tryon" />
 
Polk County now owns the Lake Adger Dam, Allall land under the water and all land to the high water line around lakeLake Adger. Lake Adger was named after Blue Ridge Power Company's founder, John Adger Law. John Adger lawsLaw's mothersmother's maiden name was Adger and he chose to name the lake after her family' namesurname.<ref name="Tryon" /> The lake was originally named Turner Shoals Lake but John decided to change the name after the Dam was completecompleted. The Dam is still known as Turner Shoals Dam. As ofat 2014, the Dam was still operated by Northbrook Hydroelectric, who leases it from Polk County, for water release and electricity. The Duke Power Steam atationstation at Cliffside, NC, downstream of Lake Adger, uses the water released by Turner Shoals to cool the plantsplant's turbines.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
 
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{{coord|35|20|39.07|N|82|12|13.17|W|display=inline,title}}
 
[[Category:GeographyBodies of water of Polk County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in North Carolina|Adger]]
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