Lake Chehaw is a small

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at the confluence of the

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, Kinchafoonee Creek, and Muckalee Creek. The concrete Flint River Dam was built in 1908 for hydroelectric generation and is owned by

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today. Lake Chehaw is very riverine and shallow with average depths of 17 feet. In winter, the lake is drawn down nearly 10 feet in anticipation of flooding spring rains. In the Flood of 1994, the lake overflowed its banks and the dam itself was underwater at one point.

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Chehaw Chehaw is an unincorporated community in Lee County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community takes its name from the Chiaha Chiaha was a Native American chiefdom located in the lower French Broad River valley in modern East Tenness ...

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