Turtles, turtles, and more turtles - Lake Wylie

Shoreline of Lake Wylie during drought of 2007

Evidence of beavers on Lake Wylie

Catawba River, just below the Lake Wylie dam. Lowest I've ever seen the river here.

This color postcard photograph from the 1930s shows the upper Catawba Falls between Old Fort and Ridgecrest, in McDowell County, NC. This is the area where the Catawba River has its origins.

Catawba Falls is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Old Fort in McDowell County, North Carolina. This is the area where the Catawba River has its origins. This color postcard is dated 1907; the photograph was taken by R. W. McCanless.

This photograph shows a tri-colored heron either taking off or landing on Stumpy Pond, located in the Catawba River between Great Falls and Lancaster, SC.

This photograph shows what appears to be a tri-colored heron in the water at Stumpy Pond, in the Catawba River between Great Falls and Lancaster, SC.

This photograph shows a group of cormorants seated on a dead tree in Stumpy Pond in the Catawba River, between Great Falls and Lancaster, SC.

This photograph was taken from Stumpy Pond in the Catawba River near Great Falls. The heads of four deer can be seen in the water; the deer were swimming from Bowden Island across to the Lancaster County side of the river.