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Lake Wylie
  • Largest individual watershed along the Catawba River
  • Oldest lake in the Catawba River chain—the first dam was built near Ft. Mill in 1904
  • Total surface area of 12,139 acres
  • 67 miles of shoreline in Mecklenburg County
  • Drinking water source for Belmont and Rock Hill
  • Water stays in Lake Wylie for about 32 days before flowing through the dam and into the Catawba River
Lake Wylie.

The Buster Boyd Bridge crosses Lake Wylie, linking North Carolina and South Carolina