• Chamber Website: Your business is listed on the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber web site at www.lakegastonchamber.com, complete with a map to your location, contact information, 250-word business description, logo, and four photos of your work.
• Banner/Button Ads on Website: Available in limited quantities, these banner/button ads link directly to your website from the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber’s home page and membership page for an annual fee.
• E-Newsletter: If you are not taking advantage of our twice weekly email newsletter that reaches more than 750 people, then you need to do so. We will include fliers for our members on events or sales, as well as articles and photos.
• Social Media: The Lake Gaston Regional Chamber is very active on a variety of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, and Pinterest. We stay on the lookout for our members and share your news and events with great success!
• Brochure & Business Card Display: Your business cards and brochures are displayed in the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber office, which is visited by many lake residents, vacationers, and business people from all over the country.
• Business Referrals: Our Lake Gaston Regional Chamber office receives hundreds of informational requests each year, and we refer our members for these needs.
• Public Relations: We promote your business in a positive way while contributing to the welfare of the surrounding community. We are currently featured in Eastern Living Magazine, which captures an audience in the 16-county region of Northeast NC, as well as Lake Life Magazine by the Lake Gaston Gazette-Observe and Lake the Magazine by the Daily Herald. We print frequent articles in several local newspaper to share chamber information and special events and give recognition to and promotion of our members.
• FREE Notary Services: The Lake Gaston Regional Chamber is pleased to provide FREE notary services for our members. Appointments are necessary.
• Conference Room Usage: Lake Gaston Regional Chamber members have complimentary access to the Chamber’s small and large conference rooms during normal business hours. Use of these rooms MUST be scheduled with the Chamber staff in advance.
• Advocacy: The Lake Gaston Regional Chamber is your voice for issues that affect your business/organization or your home. We accomplish much more when we address issues together, as an organization representing 350 members than we do alone.
• Business After Hours: We offer many evening socials throughout the year, usually once a month and averaging 50+ attendees, providing members with an opportunity to network and socialize with other Lake Gaston Regional Chamber members. Hosting a Business After Hours at your location costs you only the food and beverage you choose to provide. There is no fee to host.
• Monthly Lunch-N-Learns: Join us for great food and listen to speakers discuss a variety of subjects of concern to the Lake Gaston region, as well as new skills to maximize the market share for your business. Feel free to serve as a speaker as well! There is a $10.00 charge for the lunch.
• Profile Display Ads in the Chamber: Available in limited quantities, these ads are placed above our brochure display cases in the lobby of the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber for a small annual fee.
• Chamber Publication: The guide, which is revised and reprinted as needed, is widely distributed throughout the Lake Gaston region and beyond and mailed to visitors in our information packets.
• Membership Plaque: You will receive a handsome plaque identifying you as an Lake Gaston Regional Chamber member.
• Ribbon Cuttings & Grand Openings: Let the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber help with your special event! We will contact the media, invite local dignitaries, and publish newspaper and newsletter articles for you.
• Annual Sponsorships: Members can save by sponsoring at a higher level. You will receive website advertising, tickets to events, and sponsorship of all signature events with one fee that can be billed quarterly. See the membership menu for more info.

Hydrograph

Address: 109 Mosby Ave
State: North Carolina
Zip: 27850
Phone: 252-586-4463
Web: http://www.usps.com
Littleton NC post office

Lake Gaston one of the truly outstanding lakes in the country. It is over 20,000 acres of "high quality" water, 34 miles long, and approximately one and one half miles wide at the lower end of the lake. It has over 350 miles of shoreline.

Lake Gaston begins on the western end at Kerr Dam, built in 1953 for flood control. Below Lake Gaston is Roanoke Rapids Lake, a smaller lake built in 1955 for hydroelectric power. The Gaston Dam was completed in 1963, and Lake Gaston borders the counties of Mecklenburg and Brunswick in Virginia and Warren, Halifax and Northampton in North Carolina.

Normal height of the water is 200 feet above sea level and by regulation the water depth may vary only one foot plus or minus from the normal level except in case of emergency. And with virtually no pollution, the water is almost drinkable without treatment.

Lake Gaston is well stocked with game fish which include striped bass or rock fish, large mouth bass, crappie, sunfish and several varieties of catfish. Other species of fish sometimes caught are walleye, yellow perch and chain pickerel. Lake Gaston fishing tournaments are popular throughout the season. A valid fishing license for either Virginia or North Carolina permits fishing on Lake Gaston from a boat in either state. No license is required for those under 15.

For the boating enthusiast, motor boating, sailing, tubing, water skiing, wakeboarding and jet skiing are all popular Lake Gaston water sports. Public boat ramps are available, and marinas are scattered around the shoreline, offering gas and supplies as well as lakeside dining.

Good restaurants, shopping, and cultural activities can be enjoyed year round in the cities and towns around the area. For offshore recreation there are golfing facilities, both public and private in close proximity. Area residents often participate in the many nearby clubs which offer a wide variety of choices, including gardening, travel, recreation, computers, and much more.

And of course Lake Gaston Real Estate is a great investment; whether you are looking to retire, looking for vacation rental property, or just want to live on Lake Gaston, you can't go wrong.

Annual events at the Lake include a fireworks display held the Saturday nearest the Fourth of July, the Chamber Golf Tournament during the fall, and the Littleton/Lake Gaston Festival on Labor Day weekend.

Come visit us...you will love everything about the lake!

Mileage to Lake Gaston

As determined by a N.C. Department of Transportation study, mileage to the Lake Gaston area from specific points has been established as follows:

• Interstate 85 to Interstate 95 crossing Eaton Ferry Bridge, 44.3 miles
• Intersection of U.S. 158 and N.C. 903 to the Virginia-North Carolina state boundary line, 20.65 miles
• I-95 to Lake Gaston (Eaton Ferry bridge by way of U.S. 158, N.C. 903, etc.) 25.2 miles
• I-95 to Lake Gaston (Eaton Ferry bridge by way of N.C. 46, N.C. 48, etc.) 29.2 miles
• I-85 to Lake Gaston (Eaton Ferry bridge by way of U.S. 158, etc.) 27.4 miles

Lake Gaston Information - Statistics

• Water Fluctuation: 1 foot or less-normal conditions
• Water Quality: High, Level II
• Dam Completed: 1963
• Dam Length: 3600 ft.
• I-95: 12 miles from Gaston Dam
• I-85: Crosses Lake Gaston
• Average Summer Temperature: 76.5 F.
• Average Winter Temperature: 42.4 F.
• Fish Present: *Bass, *Striped Bass, *Walleye, Bream, Crappie, Perch, Catfish - (*) Varieties stocked by VA & NC Wildlife
• Insect Control: Mosquito