16,500 acres of clearer, calmer water than the main TVA chain. Home to Tellico Village, Vonore, and a strong market for high-end residential builds with custom rooflines, cupolas, and integrated lift systems.
Tellico was the last TVA reservoir built and has the clearest water in the East Tennessee chain. The shorelines are largely residential — Tellico Village alone holds thousands of lake-front home sites — and most properties expect a build with serious craftsmanship: standing-seam roofs, cedar trim, sundeck options, integrated lighting.
Most Tellico builds are pile-driven fixed boathouses with covered slips and Tide Tamer lifts. For the deeper-water properties and the Vonore side, aluminum-frame floating systems with Floatair lifts also work well. We design every Tellico build to fit the architecture of the home that sits behind it.
Custom docks, boat lifts, decks, and shoreline improvements, all designed to make your waterfront more useful, comfortable, and inviting.
Built on pilings driven into the lakebed, our fixed docks provide a sturdy platform for life on the water, with options for covered boat slips, metal roofs, and custom layouts.
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Aluminum-frame floating docks that rise and fall with changing water levels, secured with cable-and-winch systems, guide piles, or stiff arms to suit your site.
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Tide Tamer, Floatair, WaveArmor, and American Muscle lifts sized by hull, slip, and water depth.
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Riprap and shoreline armoring that stops erosion and protects your bank, dock, and lake-front.
How It Works →Premium Fixed + Floating are the most common build here. Here's why — and what else works depending on your shoreline.
Pile-driven covered slip with standing-seam metal roof, cedar trim, sundeck options, and integrated Tide Tamer lift. The Tellico Village standard.
Aluminum-frame floating dock for the deeper coves and properties on the Vonore side.
Yes — every Tellico Village build goes through the architectural review process. We design to those standards from day one and submit the package to the ARB along with the TVA 26a permit.
Tellico is the last reservoir on the chain and has less industrial input than the main TVA river system. Combined with limestone geology, that gives it the clearest water in the area.
From signed contract to tied-up boat, plan 4–6 months. TVA review runs the same as elsewhere; the ARB approval is the main local timing factor.
Real reviews from Tennessee dock owners, pulled live from our Google and Yelp profiles — never edited.
One phone call kicks off the site visit. We'll walk the shoreline, talk options, and put a real plan in front of you.
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