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North Highlands Dam is a structure on the Chattahoochee River at the northern edge of the Columbus, Georgia, United States. It is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of 9th Avenue in downtown Columbus. [1] The dam was built in 1899 to provide power for the former Bibb City Mill.
It is part of the Valdosta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. The population was 2,875 at the 2020 census. [5] Originally called Alapaha and then Milltown or Mill Town, Lakeland received its current name in 1925 in honor of its proximity to Grand Bay Lake, Lake Irma, and Banks Lake. [6] For many years, Lakeland owned and operated its own ...
The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km 2) of water with a ...
The Teller County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) released a new map for the Highland Lake Fire showing the current evacuation zones, and a press briefing will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
High Falls State Park is a 1,050-acre (4.2 km 2) state park located near the city of Jackson in Monroe County, Georgia. It is the site of a prosperous 19th-century industrial center, which became a ghost town when it was bypassed by the railroad. [1] The park contains the largest waterfall in middle Georgia and a 650-acre (2.6 km 2) lake.
Highland Lake (Winchester, Connecticut) Highland Lake (Illinois) Highland Lake (Bridgton, Maine) Highland Lake (Presumpscot River), in Windham, Maine; Highland Lake (Columbia Heights, Minnesota) Highland Lake (Stoddard, New Hampshire) Highland Lake (Warren Center, Pennsylvania)
In July, Tamika Foster, a fashion designer and the ex-wife of R&B singer Usher, started an online petition to "drain, clean and restore" Lake Lanier. Foster’s 11-year-old son was killed at the ...
Lake Oliver is a 2,150-acre (8.7 km 2) reservoir on the Chattahoochee River, which lies south of Goat Rock Dam (Goat Rock Lake). The lake is created by the Oliver Dam and Generating Plant, which was completed in 1959 by Georgia Power. The lake was named for James McCoy Oliver, an executive of Georgia Power at the time.