Clear Creek Falls

Clear Creek Falls near Jasper, Walker County, as it appeared before the construction of Lewis Smith Lake and Dam in 1961. The falls were part of a heated debate over conservation of the surrounding wildnerness, ending with the area being submerged under the lake..

Clear Creek Falls in the William B. Bankhead National Forest, now drowned by Lewis Smith Lake.
Courtesy of the Birmingham Public Library Archives
Clear Creek Falls in the William B. Bankhead National Forest, now drowned by Lewis Smith Lake.