"My Thoughts On": Fontana Lake
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Fontana Lake is located in southwest North Carolina in the Appalachian Mountains. It’s the southern border of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It’s also the deepest lake in the state of North Carolina, and it has lots of tributaries and little coves.
It was made from a dam that was used to produce electricity to build aircraft during World War 2. In doing so, it created submerged ghost towns like Proctor and Judson. It’s also a contributing factor to the Road to Nowhere which I have another video about.
The drive in is beautiful, as you can imagine. Mountains, rivers, scenic roadstops. Onyx and I ended up staying a bit over a week. We were just having so much fun exploring the hiking trails and nearby Fontana Village.
Overall, this was another great adventure in the Appalachian Mountains. Onyx and I really enjoyed our stay at the Cable Cove Campground nearby. Although next time I’ll bring a fishing pole.
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The damn started in 1942 and completed in 1944. Part of its power went to the Alcoa Aluminum company in Alcoa Tennessee but most of the power went to Oak Ridge Tennessee for the Manhattan Project.
Btw southeast N. Carolina would be the opposite of where this is...but it's all good, great area
Thanks for the video. I will say though, this is Western North Carolina. Thank you again.
The dam was built at the beginning of WW2 to provide power for Alcoa Aluminum but unknown at the time also for the nuclear project at Oak Ridge, TN. The sad side is that many many people , including me, lost a large part of their family history under the waters and also on the north shore of the lake as the government seized an additional 44,000 acres since the lake cut off access and put it in the Great Smoky Mountains Park. In most cases people were paid very little for their property and there was no recourse for them. It is a beautiful lake and park but came at a great price to those whose ancestors had lived there for generations
Yeah, I got that vibe as I traveled around there, learning about the towns like Proctor, and how the government still hasn't paid the full amounts for the properties. Thanks for the info! I could've used you as a guide!
I am at the smokies there I am happy to go there to the lake! :)
My mamaw owns a boat dock on Fontana I love it it's beautiful
Been to the Smokey’s but never this lake. Looks absolutely beautiful.
Thanks for the upload.
Sometime in the late 60's some friends and I walked across the damn, and did a 22 miler up to Thunderhead Mountain, then the loop trail back down. Absolutely beautiful!
It is so beautiful in the area!!
Fontana Lake is in Western North Carolina, not Southeast. Southeast would be down by the coast.
I'm a constant victim of dyslexia lol
I own a house boat on the lake... side note, public at the time of construction it was used to generate power to build planes, but, years later it came out that they where also using it to generate power to build the first Atom bomb.
Wow! Was it for the Oak Ridge, TN complex of the Manhattan Project? I'm hoping to visit the Manhattan Project National Park in New Mexico this year. I love experiencing history.
So
If you ever feel like renting it out for a weekend let me know.
At hiker here aka sriracha 2019. Ga-PA
That's awesome! Still on my bucket list to do the whole thing.
Are any sharks or alligators in lake Fontana?
Just fish 👍
@@NoOverhead I’m heading back to North Carolina and plan on going to Lake Fontana. I was stressing about something being in the water that could potentially harm me. Thanks for clearing up a bit of my fears :D great video btw!
Wouldn’t it be SW NC? Beautiful place regardless
Yup!! My geographical dyslexia continues lol. Thanks for watching!
@@NoOverhead sorry, I didn’t mean to be the geography police lol, I’m trying to make it down there, hopefully to stay ! What a gorgeous place.
@@deborahchesser7375 No, you're fine! It really is beautiful in the area. I took a month to explore the area, and the histories all overlap so much. I wish I would've been more into "vlogging" back then to document the adventures. Trying to make up for that on my new series of "Florida to PNW". 👍👍
@@NoOverhead I’d love to do what your doing, I know I would. I have family in SE Ky and Asheville NC, the wife and I would love to move down there somewhere, get away from the city. Thanks again
It's in southwest North Carolina.
Not southeast.
Thank you for that 9000th correction over the years😂 I’m sorry I messed that one up, but seriously thank you for watching. I’ve gotten much better at filming and also…geography over the years, and am about to embark on a huge adventure that revisits this part of the country. I hope you’d consider subscribing 👍👍
@@NoOverhead do I win sumn for being #9000
@@johnsmith5470 Nooooooooo….that magic number is #9006. So close!! 😂
Play the music or talk, don't do both at the same time.
Thanks, bro. I'm clearly new to this so all feedback is appreciated!
@@NoOverhead You're welcome. Just harder to hear you with music playing, that's all.
I love the music, but I guess it’s too much distraction for some people