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The Tuckaseegee ultimately flows as a tributary into the Little Tennessee River below the lake. The name Tuckasegee may be an anglicization or transliteration of the Cherokee word daksiyi —[takhšiyi] in the local Cherokee variety, meaning 'Turtle Place.'
The headwaters, at Hurricane Creek, are less than two miles. It was formed by the damming of the west fork of the Tuckasegee River in 1941. Between 1951 and 2002, it was officially known as "Thorpe Reservoir" [2] after J. E. S. Thorpe, Nantahala Power's first president. [3] It is still listed as such on many maps.
The Island Park was long accessible by a swinging, wooden footbridge across the Tuckasegee River from the center of the Bryson City business district. In 2005, the island suffered damage from winds and severe flooding from Hurricane Katrina. The island had to be closed to the public for several years.
Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National Forest. Depending on water levels, the lake is about 17 ...
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The county’s sheriff’s office has shared a map showing where ... Water from the Tuckasegee River floods the River and Rails RV Park in Whittier on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, as the remnants of ...
Glenville is in south-central Jackson County. It is on the east side of Lake Glenville (formerly Thorpe Lake), a reservoir on the West Fork of the Tuckasegee River. North Carolina Highway 107 passes through the community, leading north (downriver) 16 miles (26 km) to Cullowhee and south 5 miles (8 km) to Cashiers.
Drought conditions have gripped nearly the entire country, with only one state spared as a bone-dry autumn left most states parched. In November, Kentucky became the 49th state to cross into ...