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Carters Lake (Blue Ridge Mountains)

Man-made lake in Georgia, United States

Field	Value
name	Carters Lake
image	carterswinter.jpg
location	Blue Ridge Mountains
Gilmer & Murray counties, Georgia
United States
coords
type	natural lake, reservoir
inflow	Coosawattee River
basin_countries	United States
area	3200 acre
depth	200 ft
max-depth	450 ft
volume	383600 acre.ft
shore	62 mi
elevation	1074 ft
pushpin_map	Georgia (U.S. state)#USA
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Carters Lake in Georgia, USA.

Gilmer & Murray counties, Georgia United States | max-depth = 450 ft

Carters Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the Coosawattee River in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gilmer and Murray counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the state's deepest lake.

Description

While the reservoir is on the Coosawattee River, it empties directly into the Regulation Reservoir (another reservoir on the river). The reservoir was named after Farrish Carter who lived in the 19th century. It has a surface area of 3200 acre and has 62 mi of shoreline. Carters Lake has an average depth of 200 ft and a maximum depth of 450 ft.

Carters Lake, owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers, is a man-made lake without private docks or houses along its shore. This lake is fed by the Coosawattee River that runs between Ellijay and Chatsworth, and was formed by Carters Dam, the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi, which was completed in 1977. Since then, it has been used to act as a watershed to control annual flooding and generate power. Carters Lake is also used for various forms of outdoor recreation such as fishing, water skiing, hiking, camping, and mountain biking.

Construction of the dam, and the filling in of the lake, destroyed the site of Coosa. That town was the seat of a paramount chiefdom of the Mississippian culture in 1540 when De Soto and his men visited the site on their expedition.

The lake served as inspiration for the wild river that was tamed by a dam in the novel and film Deliverance by James Dickey.

Snow-capped Stover Mountain view from Carters

References

"Georgia Lake Levels".
"Mobile District > Missions > Civil Works > Recreation > Carters Lake".
"Carters Lake - GeorgiaTrails.com".
"Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms".
"The Story of the Coosawattee River Gorge". North Georgia Journal.

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