Question: land between the lakes national recreation area dover tn

title: Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
text: A plan was developed shortly after this to use the United States Army Corps of Engineers to dam the Cumberland in such a way that the two lakes would be at the same elevation , and the two streams could then be connected by a canal without the need for any locks . This would considerably lessen the shipping distances for goods going to ports on the Gulf of Mexico for products leaving the Cumberland Valley . This was completed in the 1960s and the resulting impoundment was referred to as Lake Barkley , after Alben W. Barkley , a Kentuckian who had served as Vice President under President Harry S. Truman . The plan called for a new dam and the evacuation of the entire former `` Between the Rivers '' area , not all of which was to be flooded . The area was to become Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area -- a TVA experiment designed to show a multiple - use approach to recreational lands . Unlike a national park , there were to be areas where hunting would be allowed . Over time , many other attractions were to be developed , such as a bison range , and a recreated 1850 - style farm called `` The Homeplace '' , complete with an on - site staff simulating life on the farm in period costume and working it using period agricultural techniques . ( Both of these attractions were added in the 1970s . ) The road through the Tennessee portion was renamed from State Route 49 to `` The Trace '' , which is what many roads and paths were called in pioneer times ( it is short for `` Buffalo Trace '' that many winding roads have been called since they seem to follow the winding path of buffalo or bison ) . Land