Slide 2 Hayesville, North Carolina 2002 Slide 3 Important facts
about Lake Chatuge and Chatuge Dam. Slide 4 Lake Chatuge was built
during World War II to help the government generate more
electricity. Slide 5 Lake Chatuge was built by Tennessee Valley
Authority or the TVA. The TVA was created while Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was president. Slide 6 Construction on Lake Chatuge began
on July 17, 1941. The gates were closed in February of 1942 and
Lake Chatuge began to fill. The length of the dam is 2,950 feet.
Slide 7 Facts About the Dam The dam brought badly needed jobs. The
jobs boosted the local economy in the lingering post- depression
years. 3,700 acres of land in Clay County, NC were gone forever.
The acres lost were some of the areas richest and best farmland.
141 houses had to be moved. About 60 families left the area all
together. Churches or schools were interrupted and moved. The dam
helped supply electric power to all the surrounding areas. Slide 8
Today Lake Chatuge is enjoyed by many people! Swimmers Water Skiers
Jet Skiers Fishermen Campers Hikers Families Tourists Slide 9 TVA
Teresa Davenport Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership
Corporation Bryon McCombs Melanie Thompson Western Carolina
University Library of Congress Carolyn Williford -Jordans Bend
Cecile Wright Slide 10
