In exchange, the government offered to rebuild the 30-mile North Shore Road that was flooded to build Fontana Dam. The U.S. government agreed in 2007 to pay Swain County $52 million.

The building of Fontana Dam and its reservoir required the purchase of 68,292 acres of land, 5,125 acres of forest that had to be cleared. Four towns, 1,311 families, 1,047 graves, and over 60 ...

MMI Hotel Group (MMI) was selected to operate Fontana Village Resort & Marina in Fontana Dam, N.C. ... post office building, gas station, 60-slip marina with 18 floating cabin moorings, ...

All come into play in the Fontana Dam area. Started in January 1942, the 480-foot-high Tennessee Valley Authority dam was completed in 1944. With work 24 hours a day seven days a week, ...