• Largest manmade lake in North Carolina
• Formed in 1964 with completion of Cowan's Ford Dam
• Total surface area of 32,510 acres
• 90 miles of shoreline in Mecklenburg County
• Provides drinking water for Mooresville, Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Lincoln County
• Water stays in Lake Norman for more than 200 days before flowing through the dam and into Mountain Island Lake

I-77 is a ribbon of roadway across a narrow section of eastern Lake Norman.