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The reservoir was named after Farrish Carter who lived in the 19th century. It has a surface area of 3,200 acres (13 km 2) and has 62 miles (100 km) of shoreline. Carters Lake has an average depth of 200 feet (61 m) and a maximum depth of 450 feet (140 m). [2] Fall Colors at Carters Lake
The top elevation of the dam is 1,112.3 feet (339.0 m). The top width of the dam is 40 feet ... Georgia Trails: Carters Lake; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Carters ...
In Murray County, the river is impounded by Carters Dam, forming Carters Lake behind the dam. (The lake is located mostly in Gilmer County). Completed in 1977, Carters Dam is the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi River. [3] The Coosawattee River leaves the dam flowing west (directly into the Reregulation Reservoir).
Carters, formerly known as Carter's Quarter, [1] is an unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia, United States. [2] Nearby Carters Lake , impounded by Carters Dam , takes its name from the community.
Fort Mountain State Park is a 3,712-acre (15.02 km 2) Georgia state park located between Chatsworth and Ellijay on Fort Mountain.The state park was founded in 1938 and is named for an ancient 885-foot-long (270 m) rock wall located on the peak. [1]
Cartersville is located in south-central Bartow County, 42 miles (68 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta and 76 miles (122 km) southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee.. The Etowah River flows through a broad valley south of the downtown, leading west to Rome, where it forms the Coosa River, a tributary of the Alabama River.
The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is calling to drain Georgia's largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago. Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures ...
The Oostanaula River (pronounced "oo-stuh-NA-luh") is a principal tributary of the Coosa River, about 49 miles (79 km) long, [2] formed by the confluence of the Conasauga and Coosawattee in northwestern Georgia in the United States. Via the Coosa and Alabama rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.