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The area known as "Santeetlah" along the Cheoah River was sparsely settled, and in any case, the river valley was flooded after Santeetlah Dam was completed in 1928. [7] In 1939, the U.S. Forest Service purchased from Carolina Aluminum Company the land now occupied by the town of Lake Santeetlah. [8]
Lake Santeetlah has 76 miles (122 km) of shore line and is home to a variety of trout, muskie, crappie, and bass. Of special note is the adjoining Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest , which was set aside in 1936 as a memorial to poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer , and is an example of original, " old growth forest " in the eastern United States.
The Santeetlah Project, which began in 1925, was completed in 1928 by the Tallassee Power Company (now Tapoco). The Santeetlah Dam forms Lake Santeetlah, a reservoir which covers approximately 2,881 acres (1,166 ha), normal full pool area, with a drainage area of 176 square miles (460 km 2) and stretches to Robbinsville, North Carolina.
Santeetlah dam, a reservoir and dam development project in North Carolina, U.S. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Santeetlah .
Dam [1] Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Lower Big Hungry Dam 40 ft (12 m) 2015 Henderson: Hungry River: Broad River: Municipal hydroelectric dam.
The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek is a rare example of an old growth cove hardwood forest, an extremely diverse forest type unique to the Appalachian Mountains. Although there are many types of trees in Joyce Kilmer, dominant species include poplar, hemlock, red and white oak, basswood, beech, and sycamore.
The Snowbird Mountain Lodge is an historic hotel property in rural Graham County, North Carolina.It is located on the Cherohala Skyway, about 11 miles (18 km) west of Robbinsville.
It is located in Graham County in far western North Carolina, near Robbinsville, and is approximately 20 miles in length. Its headwaters are in the Appalachian Mountains where it flows northwest near Robbinsville, to the Lake Santeetlah and flows towards the Tennessee border with a terminus at the Little Tennessee between the Cheoah Dam and ...