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Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East Tennessee is a remarkable body of water known as The Lost Sea. Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds largest underground lake, the Lost Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns. The 4.5 acre underground lake is stocked with rainbow trout and visitors can explore it in glass bottom boats. The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indians. From the tiny natural opening on the side of the mountain, the cave expands into a series of huge rooms. Nearly a mile from the entrance, in a room now known as The Council Room, a wide range of Indian artifacts including pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry have been found, testifying to the use of the cave by the Cherokees. During the Civil War the Confederate Army mined the cave for saltpeter, a commodity necessary to the manufacture of gunpowder.

Location: Sweetwater Tennessee Telephone 423-337-6616

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(Sweetwater) Lost Sea
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