Located on the border between North Carolina and Virginia is Kerr Lake, a beautiful man-made reservoir and the the largest lake in Virginia. It measures 850 miles in circumference and is ...

Mecklenburg Co., VA-- It's been a debate between Southside Virginia and North Carolina for more than 60 years, whether to call a lake that the two states share, Buggs Island Lake or Kerr Reservoir.

RICHMOND, Va. — After 63 years of disagreeing with North Carolina over the name of a lake that straddles the state line, Virginia may finally be ready to yield.

Long before Kerr Lake was created in 1952, a tall railroad trestle ran across the previous body of water, known as Nutbrush Creek. In 1918, Engine Number 2 tried to cross the trestle, which had ...