The town was incorporated in 1951 and has a population of approximately 1,200 year-round with about 200,000 tourists visiting the lake each summer. White Lake offers excellent swimming, boating and water skiing for perfect family vacations. In addition, the lake has amusement parks and numerous other recreational facilities. Motel, cottage and campground accommodations are available as well as permanent home sites. A beautiful 18 hole golf course is located between Elizabethtown and White Lake.
White Lake is unique in that it has a white sandy bottom and is blessed with crystal clear waters.
This is because it is fed by subterranean springs. It is truly a child's paradise in that there are no currents, no tides, no hazardous depressions or real dangers of any kind to swimmers. Some of the accommodations are open all year. It is a choice resort area for southeastern North Carolina and one can spend an active and exciting day on the beaches and in the arcades or a leisure time in the deep cool shade. White Lake is located 7 miles from Elizabethtown on highway 701 North.