Cherokee Lake gifts, ornaments and shirts
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If you launch at Panther Creek or fish the island-dotted middle, this is your lake. Cherokee’s main body and nearly 400 miles of shoreline are on every ornament, shirt and mug here.
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If you launch at Panther Creek or fish the island-dotted middle, this is your lake. Cherokee’s main body and nearly 400 miles of shoreline are on every ornament, shirt and mug here.
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Cherokee Lake, as we draw it
The outline shows the main body and the island-dotted middle. Every piece here uses this same drawing.
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Cherokee Lake facts, with sources
- State and counties
- Tennessee: Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson and Hawkins counties
- River
- Holston River
- Dam
- Cherokee Dam, built Aug. 1, 1940 to Dec. 5, 1941
- Managed by
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Surface area
- About 28,780 acres
- Shoreline
- Nearly 400 miles
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tva.com
Questions about Cherokee Lake
Where is Cherokee Lake?
Cherokee Lake is in East Tennessee on the Holston River. Cherokee Dam sits 52 miles upstream from where the Holston and French Broad rivers join to form the Tennessee River.
When was Cherokee Dam built?
TVA began Cherokee Dam on Aug. 1, 1940 and finished it on a crash schedule on Dec. 5, 1941, to supply power during World War II.
How big is Cherokee Lake?
TVA lists nearly 400 miles of shoreline and about 28,780 acres of water surface.
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