Completed in 1936, Wheeler Dam (Site #2, Northwest Loop) was the first Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River. This dam impounds the 67,100-acre Wheeler Lake, creating an enormous habitat for waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and gulls. Scan the water for Double-crested Cormorants and Common Loons, as well as a variety of wintering waterfowl during the colder months of the year. Bird activity below the TVA dam picks up considerably when the TVA moves water through the dam's turbines, producing rich feeding grounds for opportunistic Ring-billed, Bonaparte's, and Herring gulls.

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