ANNUAL CLARKSVILLE WINE FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026
CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP
Membership is open to all area business owners, civic organizations and interested members of the community who maintain their annual dues investment in the Chamber. Membership benefits include:
LAKE REGION
The natural beauty of this region has drawn people for centuries. Originally, the Lake Region was home to the Occoneechee tribe of Native Americans, and the site of a major trade path connecting the east coast to the interior of North America. While the Occoneechee were attacked and driven off the land in 1676 by British forces led by Nathaniel Bacon, the area would became a significant site for trade site again.
Settlers soon populated the Lake Region because it offered the perfect climate and soil for growing Virginia’s most important cash crop: tobacco. Throughout the 1700s, the region grew as farmers, laborers and merchants responded to the demand for tobacco.