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76.63 FEET
5/17/2012
Full Pool: 77.5
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Mother of Drowning Victim Helping Others Avoid Tragedy

Patch.com

Date: 5/15/2012 8:06:27 PM

This Saturday, the foundation will host its second annual Mason's Walk, a 5K run/walk at Lake Seminole Park, to help raise awareness of drowning prevention

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Fishing brings out the best memories

Monroe News Star

Date: 5/14/2012 6:17:02 AM

He lived in Bainbridge, Ga., most noted as the home of Lake Seminole and the Flint River. "Pop" was a unique man. He was known to be very short on patience

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Drought raises worries of return to summer of 2007

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Date: 5/14/2012 2:35:03 AM

Down at the Jim Woodruff dam, Lake Seminole has a summer pool of 77 feet; it's to be at 76.6. According to the Corps long-range forecast, by June 8 Lanier

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Smith: Even in the big city, a river brings calm

Online Athens

Date: 5/12/2012 11:26:16 PM

This scene made me think: How wonderful would it be to float from the hills of Habersham to Lake Seminole? Wouldn't that equal the satisfaction of walking

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Musicians gather for Potter Brown Memorial

Jackson County Floridan

Date: 5/11/2012 6:38:59 PM

As last weekend approached, one by one they made their annual trek to Lake Seminole. On Thursday, five or six had arrived to play

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Lake Seminole is a reservoir located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida. The Chattahoochee and Flint rivers join in the lake, before flowing from the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, which impounds the lake, as the Apalachicola River. Alligators, snakes and various waterfowl are present in Lake Seminole.

The Federal Government has been improving navigation along the Apalachicola River since the early 1800's. Between 1828 and 1831, the Corps of Engineers removed obstructions from the river to provide for shallow draft vessel traffic. In 1874, the project was modified to provide for improvement of the Apalachicola River to secure a channel 6 feet deep at low water and 100 feet wide throughout its length. Passage of the 1945 River and Harbors Act authorized a 9 by 100 foot channel to be constructed on the Apalachicola River, the Chattahoochee River segment to Columbus, Georgia and the Flint River segment to Bainbridge, Georgia.

In 1953, a resolution was adopted by the House Committee on Public Works for the development of the ACF River Basin. The Walter F. George,George W. Andrews and Woodruff Lock and Dam - Lake Seminole projects were authorized for navigation, power generation and stream flow regulation. Recreational facilities at the lakes were authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. The lakes have been operational since 1963.

Jim Woodruff Dam was the initial project of the authorized plan for improvement of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

The Jim Woodruff Dam is located on the Apalachicola River about 1000 feet below the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers which unite to form the Apalachicola River, and is at the Georgia - Florida State line. It is approximately 3200 feet up stream from the U.S. Highway 90 Bridge over the Apalachicola River and is visible from the bridge. The dam is accessible by road and is located approximately 1 mile northwest of Chattahoochee, Florida.
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Lake Seminole
- River: Chattahoochee River
- Area: 37,500 Acres
- Shoreline: 376 Miles
- Length: 35 Miles
- Avg. Depth: 10 Ft.
- Vol: 367,320 Acre Ft.
- Drainage: 17,150 Sq. Mi.

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