Lake Trahlyta is a reservoir in Union County, Georgia. The lake is located in Vogel State Park near Blairsville, Georgia which is one of the first two original state parks in the state of Georgia.
The lake is named for Princess Trahlyta of the Eastern Band of Cherokees.
The deep reservoir was created by the construction of the Vogel State Park Lake Dam or Lake Trahlyta Dam in the 1930s. The long earthen embankment is tall. Lake Trahlyta was drained in early 2026 for repairs to the dam. The lake was previously drained in 1981 when the dam was heightened and it was drained again in 1994.
The dam's spillway forms the tall Trahlyta Falls waterfall.
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