Lake Chatuge

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Lake Chatuge, a 7,050-acre reservoir, was created when the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the Hiwassee River in 1941. It is located in Towns County, in the north Georgia mountains.

Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.

Lake Chatuge

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