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Cheoah Lake in Graham County, North Carolina
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- Date created
- July 13, 2007
- Location
- Graham County, North Carolina
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- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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This is Cheoah Lake in Graham County, North Carolina. It is the reservoir formed by the Little Tennessee River running through the Cheoah Dam. The dam was started in 1916 and finished in 1919. The dam is controlled by Fontana Dam, part of the Tennesee Valley Authority. In this photo of the river, evening mist is rising off the surface of the lake, which is a ghostly shade of blue. “Cheoah” is the Cherokee word for “otter.”
