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Construction of Watauga Dam began in early 1942 but was curtailed later that year in favor of other World War II building efforts. Work on TVA Watauga Dam resumed in 1946, and finished at the end of 1948, impounding both the Watauga River and Elk River for the purposes of flood, hydropower generation and downstream navigation on the Tennessee River and Reservoir system.
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 ...
The dam impounds the TVA Watauga Reservoir of 6,430 acres (2,600 ha), [2] and its tailwaters feed into Wilbur Lake. [3] Its namesake, the Watauga River, [3] was named after a Cherokee settlement—the Watauga Old Fields—once located along the river at modern Elizabethton. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August ...
The Cherokee National Forest at Watauga Lake. Recreation opportunities in the Cherokee National Forest are diverse. The forest's fast-flowing rivers support trout fishing. Rainbow trout are stocked in many streams and rivers. Brook trout and brown trout are also present.
Doeville is situated in the lower Doe Creek Valley, near the stream's confluence with Roan Creek at the headwaters of Watauga Lake. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, namely Sink Mountain to the south, Doe Mountain to the east, and the Iron Mountains to the north and west. The Johnson County Airport is located nearby. [where?]
Watoga State Park is a state park located near Seebert in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it covers slightly over 10,100 acres (41 km 2). [2]
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The park consists of 70 acres (28.3 ha) situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general ...
State Route 67 (SR 67) is a state-maintained highway in northeastern Tennessee, including a four-lane divided highway segments in both Washington County and Carter County, and part of a significant two-lane segment passing over the Butler Bridge some 80 feet (24 m) above the TVA Watauga Reservoir (also referred locally to as Watauga Lake) near Butler in Johnson County, Tennessee.