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{{Infobox Shelter
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                     | Image Name = Watauga_Lake_Shelter_2014.JPG
                     | Image Name = Watagua Lake Shelter.jpg
                     | Shelter = Watauga Lake (DISMANTLED)
                     | Shelter = Watauga Lake
                     | Capacity = 6
                     | Capacity = 6
                     | Privy = No
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                     | Longitude = -82.1294
                     | Longitude = -82.1294
                     | Medical = Johnson City, TN  
                     | Medical = Johnson City, TN  
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36.31398, -82.1294
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{{Watauga Area Bear Closure}}
== Description ==
== Description ==
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Watagua Lake Shelter was a three-sided with open front and wooden sleeping platform.
Three-sided with open front and wooden sleeping platform.


== Location ==
== Location ==
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On the shore of Watauga Lake between [[Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd|Watauga Dam Road and US321]]. The shelter was 50 yards uphill off the AT on a blue-blazed side trail.
On the shore of Watauga Lake between [[Dennis Cove Rd to Wilbur Dam Rd|Watauga Dam Road and US321]]. The shelter is 50 yards uphill off the AT on a blue-blazed side trail.
 
== Maps ==
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36.30180, -82.12905~Parking at US321~ ~MarkerA.png
36.31398, -82.12940~Watauga Lake Shelter~ ~MarkerF.png
36.29847, -82.12701~Temporary Campsite~ ~MarkerH.png
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== Water ==
== Water ==
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== Maintenance History ==
== Maintenance History ==
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*May 2019:  Shelter dismantled, metal parts hauled away, and remaining wood burned in place.  Do not camp here as long as the USFS order for bear activity is valid.
*Feb 2012: Bear pole installed by Eagle Scout Seth Douthat.
*March 2018:  The bear pole, picnic table, and the steps to the shelter platform have been removed from the shelter to discourage eating or staying at this site with it being under a bear closure.
*2007: Installed gutter on back and stained outside of shelter
*Mar 2011: Bear pole installed by Eagle Scout Seth Douthat.
*Mar 1997: New steel roofing was placed over the existing shingles.
*2007: Installed gutter on back and stained outside of shelter  
*Mar 1997: New steel roofing was placed over the existing shingles. Material floated over lake!
*1994: Picnic table installed.
*1980: Built by US Forest Service.
*1980: Built by US Forest Service.


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Image:Watagua Lake Shelter.jpg|Shelter circa pre-2007
Image:Watagua Lake Shelter.jpg
Image:Watauga_Lake_Shelter_2014a.JPG|Shelter 2014
Image:Watauga Lake Shelter bear pole.JPG|Bear pole
Image:Watauga Lake.JPG|Watauga Lake
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