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Heyday Inboards NC CWSA Wakesurf Championship Tour 2019 By Robyn Kinsey Mooring Whether you know how to wakesurf or just want to spend a day on the lake, you’ll want to mark September 21, 2019 on your calendars now. That’s when the 4th annual Heyday Inboards NC CWSA Wakesurf Championship Tour 2019 is coming to Hyco Lake for a weekend ...

Conversation with Chef Steve By Rickey Esto When we think of food, usually we are thinking about nutrition, or something to satisfy our hunger. Food is much more than that, food is an experience! Since the beginning of time food has been a way for people to gather, enjoy conversation, engage in thoughts and ideas, and provide a wonderful outlet ...

By Donald F. Oakley Herbert W. Barbour opened Barbour Boat Works on New Bern Trent River in 1933. His company made U.S. Rescue Boats. By 1943, Barbour employed over 1200 people. By 1945, Barbour Boat Works was making Coast Guard Tug Boats and Ferries for the State Department of Transportation. Next came the glamorous mahogany wood pleasure recreational Barbour Boat ...

Family Gathering Spot and Vacation Rental By Phyliss Boatwright For locals, Hyco Lake is many things. A place of memories, a place to live, to play, to take the boat or kayak out on a Saturday or Sunday, or a place to visit friends and family who live there. For some, it is a place of income. For everyone, it ...

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By Norwood Walker “…Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me! On the ferry-boats the hundreds and hundreds that cross, returning home, are more curious to me than you suppose, And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my mediations, Than you ...

By Melissa Moorefield, Park Manager As we grow closer to the end of the year, Christmas parties are planned, millions of gifts are wrapped and exchanged, and families come together for many treasured traditions.  For many people, childhood Christmas memories are very vivid and they want to recreate those moments with their own children.  Over time, small things change and ...

Story by Norwood Walker Before there was aluminum and fiberglass, there was wood. Anyone who grew up in the 1920’s to 1950’s and spent any time on the lake in the summer, were well aware of this fact and enjoyed the excitement and beauty these well-crafted vessels added to their summers. Motor boats became increasingly popular in the US following ...

Please send your photos with captions from Hyco Lake and Mayo Lake to LakeShots@HycoLakeMagazine.com! Eli relaxing (what he does best) at Hyco Lake! Emmy enjoying her first boat ride! Duck Pointe 1st and 40th Birthdays! Girls Just Wanna Have Fun I'll catch'um but won't touch'um Happy Hyco Girls! Cookie Monster! A boy, his dog and Hyco! The best view on ...

Story by Marlo Countiss On Thursday, June 28, 13 disadvantaged kids from Burlington and Haw River enjoyed an experience they will never forget.  They got to participate in the first ever Wake The World event at Hyco Lake. Wake The World is a non-profit organization started by Master's Wake Boarding Champion Greg Hodgin and his wife Lois from Asheboro NC.  ...