Life is good in the mountains! There is nothing like beating the heat by sitting in a waterfall or swimming in the lake. Cashiers offers so much for everyone!
Our summer weather is perfect. Today's high was about 80 degrees with lows in the 60's. When it's high 90's to 100+ degrees in Atlanta and Charlotte, consider taking a weekend trip to Cashiers. Once you start to climb up the mountain to Highlands or Cashiers, you can just roll down your windows and feel the temperature drop.
Lake Glenville is a reservoir located just 8 miles from Cashiers, North Carolina. It was formed by the damming of the west fork of the Tuckasegee River in 1941. Between 1951 and 2002. It was officially known as "Thorpe Reservoir" after J. E. S. Thorpe, Nantahala Power's first president. The lake bottom plunges as steeply as the mountains meeting the shore. The depth, just a short distance from the waters edge may register 80 feet or more. The lake also has 26 miles of shoreline and the highest elevation of any lake east of the Mississippi, situated on the Eastern Continental Divide.
Lake Glenville is fed by 5 waterfalls and feeds bass, walleye, trout and many other species of fish. Wildlife abounds this lake and if you get lucky you may just see a bear swim across.
During World War II, ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America) needed more electricity to make aluminum for the war effort. In June 1940, Nantahala Power and Light, then owned by ALCOA, began constructing a dam on the west fork of the Tuckasegee River at Onion Falls. Lake Glenville was completed in late 1941, filling a new lake called Thorpe Reservoir. It encompassed the entire valley north of Cashiers, flooding the town of Hamburg including schools, homes, businesses, and farmlands to a depth of 300 feet.
Today, families show up every year to enjoy this spectacular lake. Many leave home when the kids get out of school and don't return back to the heat until the summer and fall have passed. Generations after generations have called this area home.
Feel free to give me a call if you would like to visit the area and find out for yourselves why I call this magnificent lake " On Golden Pond" . There are many homes for sale and for rent on beautiful Lake Glenville and I would be glad to guide you in the right direction.
