Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) created Kentucky Lake for the
purpose of controlling floods on the lower Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. Since that time the priorities have expanded to
generating electricity, commercial transportation and
recreation. Both the states of Kentucky and Tennessee lay claim
to this gigantic body of water, but more than 75% of the lake is
in west Tennessee. Before the lake was formed, the Tennessee
River flowed north through Tennessee into Kentucky. For more
information on the history of the lake, click here. To harness
this mass of water the dam was placed in Kentucky, hence the
name Kentucky Lake. This great body of water is the largest
manmade lakes in the United States. It is 185 miles long and has
over 2,380 miles of shoreline. There are more than 160,000 acres
of water to explore and hundreds of secluded coves with sandy
beaches waiting for your enjoyment. Although the lake was not
formed for recreational purposes, it has evolved into one of the
great vacation playgrounds in the