Nolichucky and Pigeon – all empty into Douglas Lake. TVA spilled 450,000 gallons per second through Douglas Dam to move Hurricane Helene floodwaters downstream last September, but the record ...

They transformed the waters of the popular recreation and fishing ... and operates Douglas Dam, the hydroelectric facility that impounds the French Broad River to create the lake.

Then, the floodwater poured into a lake with only a TVA dam to slow its raging pace. Three rivers tearing through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee – the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon – ...