Blue Ridge Dam is one of the largest earthen dams in North America

• Built by the Toccoa Electric Power Company in 1925-1930
• Renamed Lake Blue Ridge in 1934
• 3,300 acres 
• The lake has 100 miles of shorline
• 50 public campsites
• Georgia fishing license required
• 80% of the shoreline is U.S. Forest Service land
• Southern most lake where walleye can be caught
• Known for its white bass and small mouth bass fishing
• 1690 feet above sea level