Chickamauga Lake
Chickamauga Lake is a reservoir in the United States along the Tennessee River created when the Chickamauga Dam, as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority, was completed in 1940.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Tennessee, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chickamauga Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cherokee Removal Memorial Park and Hiwassee Island.
Cherokee Removal Memorial Park
Park
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Cherokee Removal Memorial Park is a public park in Meigs County, Tennessee that is dedicated in memory of the Cherokee who were forced to emigrate from their ancestral lands during the Cherokee removal, in an event that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
Hiwassee Island
Island
Hiwassee Island, also known as Jollys Island and Benham Island, is located in Meigs County, Tennessee, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchwood and Five Points.
Birchwood
Hamlet
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Birchwood is an unincorporated community in Hamilton and Meigs counties in Tennessee, United States. It is a rural area located along Tennessee State Route 60 and Tennessee State Route 312 northwest of Chattanooga. Birchwood is situated 3 miles south of Chickamauga Lake.
Five Points
Hamlet
Five Points is an unincorporated community in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. Five Points is located along Tennessee State Route 60 3.4 miles south of Dayton. Five Points is situated 3½ miles northwest of Chickamauga Lake.
Big Spring
Hamlet
Big Spring is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along Tennessee State Route 58 between Georgetown and Decatur, approximately two miles north of the banks of the Hiwassee River. Big Spring is situated 5 miles east of Chickamauga Lake.
Chickamauga Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Meigs County, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Chickamauga Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbian—“Chickamauga Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة شيكاموكا”
- Catalan: “Chickamauga Lake”
- French: “Chickamauga Lake”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chickamauga Lake”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chickamauga Lake”
- Serbian: “Чикамога”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lakewood and Bluff View.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blythe Ferry Goose Management Area and Doughty Cemetery.
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