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Lake Jocassee (/ dʒ ə ˈ k æ s i /, / dʒ oʊ ˈ k æ s i /) is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2), 300-foot (91 m) deep reservoir in northwest South Carolina. It was created in 1973 by the state in partnership with Duke Power .
Devils Fork State Park is in northwestern South Carolina on the eastern edge of the Sumter National Forest at the edge of 7,500-acre (3,035 ha) Lake Jocassee.It is located three miles (5 km) off SC 11, the Cherokee Scenic Highway, near the town of Salem, South Carolina.
Jocassee Dam (often called Lake Jocassee Dam) is an embankment dam on the Keowee River, straddling the border of Pickens and Oconee counties in South Carolina in the United States. The dam forms Lake Jocassee , which is fed by the Toxaway , Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater Rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric power generation and ...
Lake Jocassee and Lake Murray were recently announced as USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards winners. In the "Best Lake for Swimming" category, Lake Jocassee took the crown at the best lake in ...
Lake Jocassee (South Carolina) 2. Geneva Lake (Wisconsin) 3. Lake Erie (New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) 4. Norris Lake (Tennessee) 5. Lake Superior (Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) 6. Lake ...
Lake Jocassee touches both Oconee and Pickens counties as it covers 7,500 acres with 75 miles of shoreline and has a maximum depth of about 351 feet, according to the South Carolina Department of ...
The Toxaway River is a 21.4-mile-long (34.4 km) [5] waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway and over Toxaway Falls, after which it crosses into South Carolina and enters Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam. In Lake Jocassee the Toxaway River is joined by the ...
South Carolina Highway 130 (SC 130) is a 30.072-mile (48.396 km) state highway in Oconee County, South Carolina, connecting Clemson and eastern Oconee County with access to Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.