Lake Oliver

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Reservoir in Georgia / Lee County, Alabama

Lake Oliver

Lake Oliver

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Lake Oliver

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Location| Muscogee County, Georgia / Lee County, Alabama
Coordinates| 32°30′58″N 84°59′56″W﻿ / ﻿32.516°N 84.999°W﻿ / 32.516; -84.999
Type| reservoir
Primary inflows| Chattahoochee River
Primary outflows| Chattahoochee River
Basin countries| United States
Surface area| 2,150 acres (9 km2)
Max. depth| 50 feet (15 m)
Shore length1| 40 miles (64 km)
Surface elevation| 337 feet (103 m)
Settlements| Columbus, Georgia
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Oliver is a 2,150-acre (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, and the dam itself is 70 feet tall and 2,150 feet (660 m) long. 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.

Public access to the lake is limited to one marina owned by the City of Columbus. Since Lake Oliver is entirely within the city limits of Columbus, Georgia, the shore is densely settled on both the Georgia and Alabama sides. Green Island Hills, an upscale development, is located on the lake at the mouth of Standing Boy Creek. Given the amount of settlement, there are many private access points to the lake.

In the summer, the lake is very crowded with recreational activity. The other three seasons usually see anglers fishing for sunfish. Lake Oliver also serves as the municipal water supply for Columbus.

The location of Oliver Dam is approximately at the Fall Line of the Chattahoochee River. Between Oliver Dam and the downtown Columbus, a few miles downstream, the river drops nearly 100 feet (30 m) in elevation.

Lake Oliver is the northernmost point of the Chattahoochee Riverwalk a fifteen-mile long bicycle pathway that extends southward to Fort Moore.

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Chattahoochee River Reservoirs and Dams

* Nora Mill Dam
* Lake Lanier / Buford Dam
* Bull Sluice Lake / Morgan Falls Dam
* West Point Lake
* Langdale Dam
* Crow Hop Dam
* Riverview Dam
* Lake Harding
* Goat Rock Lake
* Lake Oliver
* North Highlands Dam
* City Mills Dam
* Eagle & Phenix Dam
* Walter F. George Lake
* George W. Andrews Lake
* Lake Seminole

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Significant waterways of Georgia

Larger rivers|

* Alapaha
* Alcovy
* Altamaha
* Apalachee
* Aucilla
* Broad
* Chattahoochee
* Chattooga (Coosa River)
* Chattooga (Tugaloo River)
* Canoochee
* Conasauga
* Coosa
* Etowah
* Flint
* Hiwassee
* Little (Oconee River)
* Little (Savannah River)
* Little (Withlacoochee River)
* Little Tallapoosa
* Little Tennessee
* Nottely
* Ochlockonee
* Ocmulgee
* Oconee
* Ogeechee River
* Ohoopee
* Satilla
* Savannah
* South (Ocmulgee River)
* St. Marys
* Suwannee
* Tallapoosa
* Toccoa/Ocoee
* Towaliga
* Withlacoochee
* Yellow

Lakes|

* Allatoona
* Banks Lake
* Blackshear
* Burton
* Carters
* Chatuge
* Chehaw
* George W. Andrews
* Goat Rock
* Harding
* Hartwell
* Jackson
* Lanier
* Nottely
* Oconee
* Oliver
* Rabun
* Richard B. Russell
* Seminole
* Sinclair
* Strom Thurmond
* Tugalo
* Walter F. George
* West Point

Smaller rivers

* Alabaha
* Alapahoochee
* Black (Okefenokee Swamp)
* Cartecay
* Coleman
* Coosawattee
* Dog
* Ellijay
* Hudson
* Jacks
* Jerico
* Little (Etowah River)
* Little Ochlockonee
* Little Ogeechee (Hancock County)
* Little Satilla (Satilla River)
* Mulberry River
* New (Chattahoochee River)
* New (Withlacoochee River)
* Oostanaula
* Soque
* South Newport
* Tallulah
* Tugaloo
* Willacoochee

Tidal rivers|

* Bear
* Belfast
* Broro
* Brunswick
* Buffalo
* Bull
* Chestatee
* Crescent
* Crooked
* Cumberland
* Darien
* Duplin
* Frederica
* Halfmoon
* Hampton
* Herb
* Laurel View
* Little Ogechee (Chatham County)
* Little Satilla (Atlantic Ocean)
* Mackay
* Medway
* Mud
* North River (Darien River)
* North (St. Marys River)
* North Newport
* Odingsell
* Sapelo
* Shad
* Skidaway
* Sope
* Tivoli
* Turtle
* Vernon
* Wilmington

Creeks and
streams|

* Alligator (Little Ocmulgee River)
* Big Satilla
* Brasstown
* Ebenezer
* Euchee
* Ichawaynochaway
* Kettle
* Kinchafoonee
* Little Satilla
* Muckalee
* Noonday
* Okapilco
* Peachtree
* Rocky Comfort
* Spring (Flint River)
* Suwannoochee
* Sweetwater (Chattahoochee River)
* Tobesofkee
* Toccoa
* Walnut (South River)
* Walnut (Ocmulgee River)
* Williamson Swamp

Canals|

* Augusta Canal
* Brunswick–Altamaha Canal
* Savannah–Ogeechee Canal
* Suwannee Canal

See also|

* Grand Bay
* Intracoastal Waterway
* Okefenokee Swamp
* List of Georgia rivers

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