Lake Chesdin is a lake in south-central Virginia, on the border of Chesterfield County and Dinwiddie County and going upstream into Amelia County. It provides water and power to the region. It is also a popular fishing area and is known to have great opportunities for largemouth bass. It is also known to have populations of crappie, bluegill, walleye, striped bass, channel catfish, gizzard shad and white perch.LocationToday, The dam and the reservoir are located in the Appomattox watershed at the political boundary of Chesterfield, Amelia, and Dinwiddie Counties. The boundary between Chesterfield and Dinwiddie Counties divides the dam and the reservoir into two almost equal halves. The crest of the dam is about 840 feet long, and the reservoir has a drainage area of about 1,333 square miles.HistoryLake Chesdin Reservoir was created in 1968 by construction of the George F. Brasfield Dam on the Appomattox River. Lake Chesdin was built to supply water to Dinwiddie, Prince George and Chesterfield counties, along with the cities of Colonial Heights and Petersburg. In the fall of 1960, these five municipal governments in the Petersburg tri-cities area came together to pass an ordinance establishing the Appomattox River Water Authority (ARWA)
