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This lake is located only a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, and also the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Douglas Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority at a record pace from February 2, 1942, through February 19, 1943, to provide hydroelectric power and to control flooding downstream in the Tennessee River ...
Douglas Lake has an average of 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline, and it has an average surface area of nearly 30,000 acres (120 square kilometers), with both measurements varying according to the seasonally changing water level of Douglas Lake. [7] Douglas Lake is a recreational destination for up to two million visitors per year.
It is the 28th largest lake in Michigan with an areal coverage of 3,395 acres (1,374 hectares) and a maximum depth of 79 feet (24 meters). The Lake has two tributaries, Bessey Creek and Beavertail Creek and one outlet, the East Branch Maple River. [3] Douglas Lake is part of the headwaters for the Maple River, a Blue Ribbon trout stream. [4]
The Nolichucky Dam, a non-power producing TVA dam near Greeneville, Tennessee, was at active risk of failure beginning Sept. 27 as a record-smashing 1.3 million gallons of water poured through and ...
As of Oct. 2, the debris patch was one-square-mile large and moving one mile a day downstream toward Douglas Dam, TVA said in a news release. Helene debris in Douglas Lake could be hazardous
On May 7, the lake was at 114% of its historical average level. The so-called bathtub ring that clearly outlined the lake in 2022 — so stark it was visible from space — had disappeared by 2024.
Sunfish pond is a popular hiking destination. Several trails reach the lake, including the Appalachian Trail which runs alongside the western and northern edges of the lake. [8] It is the southernmost glacial tarn along that trail. The shortest distance to the lake is 1.2 miles from the Douglas trailhead on Old Mine Road via
Fish Lake (Jackson County, Oregon) formerly a natural lake, now an impoundment of the north fork of Little Butte Creek: Fish Lake (Marion County, Oregon) a 20-acre (8.1 ha) lake in the Cascades near Olallie Lake: Fish Hawk Lake: a private lake in Clatsop County near Birkenfeld: Flagstaff Lake: one of the Warner Lakes in southeastern Lake County ...