Fontana Lake
Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: artificial lake in North Carolina
- Also known as: “Fontana Reservoir”
Fontana Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Bokmål—“Fontana Lake” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fontana Lake”
- French: “lac Fontana”
- French: “Lac Fontana”
- Italian: “lago Fontana”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontana Lake”
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