This picture was taken at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River in Tennessee.  This area specifically is called lake Tellico, and it is a man made lake. During the Great Depression, building dams was part of FDR’s “new deal”, and the goal was to create more jobs and create hydroelectric power sources. During the 1930s, the Little Tennessee River was damed up, and as a result, Lake Tellico was formed. My Grandma lives on Lake Tellico, and my family and I visit her every summer and jet ski on the lake!