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2. Watauga Lake - Wikipedia

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   Watauga Lake, located east of Elizabethton, Tennessee, is the local name of the Watauga Reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with the 1948 completion of the TVA Watauga Dam. [1] According to lake expert Holly C Ward, Watauga Lake is the third cleanest in the country. [2]

3. Watauga Dam - Wikipedia

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   Watauga Dam is located 37 miles (60 km) above the mouth of the Watauga, at a point where the westward-flowing river veers north to slice a water gap through the middle of Iron Mountain. The dam is about 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream from Butler, Tennessee , and 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Elizabethton.

4. Watauga River - Wikipedia

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   Watauga Lake is bridged by Tennessee State Route 67 over Butler Memorial Bridge just as the watercourse enters Carter County. The Appalachian Trail crosses the river on Watauga Dam. Nearly 3 miles below Watauga Dam, on the Horseshoe section of the Watauga River, is the TVA Wilbur Dam , which forms a much smaller but very deep reservoir known as ...

5. Sycamore Shoals - Wikipedia

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   The Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, usually shortened to Sycamore Shoals, is a rocky stretch of river rapids along the Watauga River in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Archeological excavations have found Native Americans lived near the shoals since prehistoric times, and Cherokees gathered there.

6. List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River - Wikipedia

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   The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.

7. Rivers below Douglas, Watauga dams flood as TVA moves ... - AOL

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   Douglas Lake rose nearly 22 feet in three days between Sept. 26-29, equal to 182 billion gallons of water. TVA continues to release more than 440,000 gallons a second into the French Broad River.