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Alabama Lakes by Tourism Region
| Lake Name | Lake Summary |
|---|---|
| Aliceville Lake |
Also known as: Pickensville Lake Aliceville Lake, known to fishing locals as Pickensville Lake, is one of 10 lakes on the 234-mile man-made Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The Tenn-Tom, as the artificial waterway is popularly called, joins the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers and runs south through northeast Mississippi and western Alabama. The waterway, a US Army Corps of Engineers project, is a navigational shortcut that facilitates water traffic from the interior to the Gulf of Mexico and circumnavigates over 800 miles of travelling. While the entire Tenn-Tom was officially opened to the public in 1985, Aliceville Lake was impounded by the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam five years earlier in 1980. The lake crosses the border between the nature-scape Pines Region of Mississippi and the action-packed Metropolitan Region of Alabama. The majority of the 8,300-acre body of water is in Pickens County, Alabama right next to the town of Pickensville and just a hand's throw from Aliceville in a land of timber and farms. Pick ... (read more about Aliceville Lake, Alabama) |