Riding on Tellico Lake in Vonore Tn close to Highway 411 and Yamaha boat manufacturing

Tellico Lake is located in Loudon and Monroe counties in Tennessee. It was created when TVA built Tellico Dam on the The Little Tennessee River near Lenoir City Tn. Tellico Lake covers 14,000 acres. The land around the river was previously occupied by Indians including the Cherokee. The Little Tennessee River flows through the Appalachian mountains from North Carolina into Tennessee . The Tail of the Dragon road parallels a section of the river through the mountains.Vonore Tn is a town in northern Monroe county Tn. Highway 411 runs through Vonore . Highway 72 from exit 72 on I 75 in Loudon Tn intersects highway 411 in Vonore. It is about 15 miles from I 75 to 411 on highway 72. Vonore has a population of 1,500 . The Tellico River flows into the Little Tennessee River in Vonore next to the Historic Fort Loudoun. Fort Loudoun was a British Fort built in the 1750's. Cherokee Indians attacked and took control of the fort in 1760 after the British killed 16 Cherokee indian chiefs in South Carolina. The fort was rebuilt as part of the Fort Loudoun Historic area and moved to it's current site in the 1970's. Sequoyah the Cherokee Indian who wrote the symbols for the Cherokee language is from Tuskegee a Cherokee Indian town in Vonore next to the Little Tennessee River. The Seqouyah birthplace museum is located there. Several boat manufacturers including Yamaha and Sea Ray are located in Vonore next to Tellico Lake. The retirement community of Tellico Village is on Tellico Lake in Loudon county.

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Vonore is about 20 miles south of Maryville on highway 411 and about 35 to 40 miles south of Knoxville.The Bassmaster Classic was held on Fort Loudon Lake and Tellico Lake last year.