Chief McIntosh Lake is a
reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
Chief McIntosh Lake was named after
William McIntosh
William McIntosh (1775 – April 30, 1825),Hoxie, Frederick (1996)pp. 367-369/ref> was also commonly known as ''Tustunnuggee Hutke'' (White Warrior), was one of the most prominent chiefs of the Creek Nation between the turn of the nineteenth cen ...
(1775–1825), a Creek Nation chief.
References
Reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state)
Bodies of water of Butts County, Georgia
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