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Clear Lake

2 Old Paris Road, McKenzie, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 8' 29.159988", -88° 29' 16.739988"
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About 3 miles SE, the lake was discovered in 1785 by Henry Rutherford, who surveyed the majority of west Tennessee. It was orginally named Boyd's Lake, for the Rev. Adam Boyd, chaplin of the North Carolina Regiment in The Revolution , who later held extens

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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