Lake Oliver

General data

Name: Lake Oliver
Water system: Apalachicola River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Chattahoochee River -> Lake Seminole -> Apalachicola River -> Apalachicola Bay -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Oliver is a 8.7 km2 reservoir on the Chattahoochee River, which lies south of Goat Rock Dam (Goat Rock Lake). The lake is created by the Oliver Dam and Generating Plant, which was completed in 1959 by Georgia Power. The lake was named for James McCoy Oliver, an executive of Georgia Power at the time. Oliver Dam has four turbine units. At the southern end of the reservoir, Lake Oliver is relatively wide but quickly narrows and becomes almost riverine at the northern end of the lake, at the foot of the Goat Rock Dam upstream.

Lake Oliver

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