Carters Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the Coosawattee River in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gilmer and Murray counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

[3] Carters Lake is also used for various forms of outdoor recreation such as fishing, water skiing, hiking, camping, and mountain biking.

That town was the seat of a paramount chiefdom of the Mississippian culture in 1540 when De Soto and his men visited the site on their expedition.

[4] The lake served as inspiration for the wild river that was tamed by a dam in the novel and film Deliverance by James Dickey.

[5] Media related to Carters Lake (Blue Ridge Mountains) at Wikimedia Commons