Lake Toccoa

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Lake Toccoa
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Lake Toccoa
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Lake Toccoa
Location Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia
Coordinates 34°51′58″N83°20′31″W / 34.8661561°N 83.3419046°W / 34.8661561; -83.3419046
Type reservoir
Basin  countries United States
Surface elevation1,647 ft (502 m) [1]

Lake Toccoa is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Georgia, Stephens County, in the city of Toccoa. [1]

Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word Ꮤꮖꭿ "Tagwâ′hĭ," meaning "Catawba place" [2] or "beautiful". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Toccoa
  2. ↑ Mooney, James (1902). Myths of the Cherokee. Washington: Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, Ga.: Winship Press. p. 221. ISBN   0-915430-00-2 . Retrieved 5 February 2020.


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