| The North Shore Road is a road that was promised
in an agreement made in 1943 by the government, the state of NC, the TVA
and Swain County for land taken in order for the TVA to build the Fontana
Reservoir. It's purpose
was to provide the many
residents, who gave up their land for the Fontana Dam project, access to their ancestral
gravesites. Click here for more information. Directions to get to the incomplete North
Shore Road
(AKA
The Road To Nowhere,
Lakeshore Drive
and
New Fontana Road) :
Take the Bryson City Exit 67 off US 74, come down the hill, at the first red
light make a right, at the second red light make a left, go straight through
the third red light, over the railroad tracks and straight up the hill to
the Swain County High School (high school will be 1-2 miles on your left
from the red light) . About 1-2 miles past Swain County High School you will
see the sign on the left side on a bank that says this is the Road to
Nowhere and immediately after you will enter the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. |
