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The lake was created by the Norris Dam at the Cove Creek Site on the Clinch River in 1936 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for flood control, water storage, and hydroelectric power. Norris Dam and its reservoir were the first major project taken on by the TVA. The lake, the dam, and the town of Norris, Tennessee are named for George W ...
The lake also spans the lower 56 miles (90 km) of the Powell River from the river's mouth to a few miles south of Harrogate, and the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Cove Creek. The Norris Dam Reservation, which is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, consists of the area immediately around Norris Dam and immediately downstream from the dam on ...
SR 61 (S Charles G Seviers Boulevard) to I-75 – Oliver Springs, Oak Ridge, Norris: SR 9 turns secondary: Rocky Top: SR 116 south (Creek Street) – Briceville: Western end of SR 116 concurrency: US 441 south (Norris Freeway/SR 71) to I-75 – Norris: Northern terminus of US 441/SR 71; provides access to Norris Dam, Norris Lake, and Norris Dam ...
Norris Lake was created by the Norris Dam and, like the city of Norris, are named after George W. Norris, a former U.S. Senator from Nebraska who authored the legislation that created TVA ...
The park consists of 3,687 acres (14.92 km 2) on the southern shore of the Norris Reservoir, an impoundment of the Clinch River created by the completion of Norris Dam in 1936. Much of the park's recreational focus is on Big Ridge Lake, a 45-acre (0.18 km 2) sub-impoundment of Norris near the center of the park.
Cove Lake is an extension of the much larger Norris Reservoir, which extends across the lower 15 miles (24 km) of Cove Creek downstream from Caryville Dam. Cove Lake State Park was one of several state and local parks developed in the 1930s as part of the Norris Dam Project. The park includes a large campground, several small walking trails ...
Norris Lake— an artificial reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s— is the main body of water in the region. It is fed by the Clinch and Powell Rivers, as well as several large creeks, most notably Davis Creek, Big Creek, and Cove Creek. Cove Creek also feeds the much smaller Cove Lake— a recreational lake built ...
An angler fishing near Norris Lake Monday got the catch of his lifetime when he reeled in a nearly 4-foot-long alligator. Union County Wildlife Officer Rick Roberts received a call at 5 p.m ...