NC · depth model

Lake Glenville

Cashiers' clear mountain lake, built by Alcoa for the war effort.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 2.6 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 5.2 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 10.4 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 16.3 lb

Make it yours family name · a line of text · a star on your place

Family name on the title block A line under it Title block preview

Your place — a star and a name on the board

Add a laser-cut desk stand (12" and 17" only) +$29

Made to order in Waterford, PA. Ships in 7–10 days, free in the lower 48. Birch, 5 mm per layer, keyhole hanger built in. By ordering you agree to our terms — decorative art, not a navigational chart.

The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step

17 ft · first step
33 ft
50 ft
66 ft
83 ft
99 ft · bottom

99 ftmaximum depth

2.1square miles of water

6depth layers cut

285roads engraved on the 12"

4towns named

2.6 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 16.3 lb at 30")

The lake

About Lake Glenville

Lake Glenville sits above Cashiers, North Carolina, formed in 1941 when Alcoa dammed the West Fork of the Tuckasegee River to power its wartime aluminum smelters. It covers about 1,470 acres and runs to more than 130 feet deep, with the flooded town of Hamburg — its schools, homes and farmland — still under the water. The lake was known as Thorpe Reservoir for decades before taking the name of the village of Glenville on its shore. Steep, forested banks and cold, clear water make it one of the coldest, clearest lakes in the southern Appalachians.

On the board

4 shore towns named, with a star on each
285 roads engraved around the shore, 0 of them labeled
6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back

Why we cut this one

Lake Glenville is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.