Lake Norman's deepest point is over 100 feet and average depth is 25 feet.

Lake Norman hold approximately 3,400,000,000 gallons of water, having a weight of approximately 13,600,000 tons.

Lake Norman's shoreline measures approximately 520 miles, more than the coastlines of North Carolina and South Carolina combined.

Lake Norman is bordered by four counties. Mecklenburg is named for the home province of King George III's wife, Queen of Charlotte. Catawba is named for the Catawba Indians who actually called themselves Eswataroa (meaning great river). Lincoln is named for Benjamin Lincoln, not Abraham Lincoln. Iredell is named for James Iredell, who never saw the county.

During the Revolutionary War, a battle was fought on February 1, 1781 at almost the exact spot where Cowan's Ford Dam now sits. Militia General William Lee Davidson, for whom Davidson College is named, was killed in the battle.

There have been several unusual sightings around Lake Norman, including a mysterious catfish like creature know as the Wampus, UFO's, man-sized catfish and an alligator or two.

The ground-breaking for Cowan's Ford Dam was held September 28, 1959. Governor Terry Sanford was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the completed dam five years later on September 29, 1964.

The first metal bridge to span the Catawba River in this area was built by James W. Brown and B.A. Troutman of Mooresville. It was completed in 1911 and was located about 1/4 mile downstream from the present NC Highway 150 bridge.

Talk about planning ahead, James B. Duke's associates began purchasing Catawba Valley bottomland in 1901 to prepare for future power generation.

Had Lake Norman not been in place, there probably would have been flooding on the Catawba River Valley in 1970. Severe flooding did occur in 1916 and 1940.