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Fort Loudoun Lake
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Location	Blount / Knox / Loudon counties, Tennessee, US
Coordinates	35°47′31″N 84°14′36″W / 35.79194°N 84.24333°W / 35.79194; -84.24333
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	French Broad River, Holston River
Primary outflows	Tennessee River
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	813 feet (248 m)

Fort Loudoun Lake is a reservoir in east Tennessee on the upper Tennessee River, extending about 50 miles (80 km) along the river upstream from Fort Loudoun Dam, at Lenoir City, to Knoxville.

Fort Loudoun Reservoir takes its name from the 18th-century British fort built on a nearby site during the French and Indian War. The fort was named for John Campbell, the fourth Earl of Loudoun, commander of British forces in North America at the time.

Fort Loudoun is a popular recreation destination, known for bass fishing, boating, and birdwatching. The tailwater area immediately below the dam is an excellent site for viewing a variety of waterbirds, including herons, cormorants, gulls, osprey, and bald eagles.

The reservoir is connected by a short canal to Tellico Reservoir on the nearby Little Tennessee River. Water is diverted through the canal to Fort Loudoun for power production. The canal also offers commercial barges access to Tellico without the need for a lock. Barges passing through the Fort Loudoun lock carry about half a million tons of cargo a year.

In popular culture

The reservoir is mentioned in the Knoxville-based V-Roys song "Over the Mountain".

See also

• Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River

References

1. "TVA: Fort Loudon Reservoir". Archived from the original on 2002-04-26.

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