Toqua

Toqua was a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern Woodlands. Toqua was the site of a substantial ancestral town that thrived during the Mississippian period. Toqua had a large earthwork 25-foot (7.6 m) platform mound built by the town’s Mississippian-era inhabitants, in addition to a second, smaller mound. The site’s Mississippian occupation may have been recorded by the Spanish as the village of Tali, which was documented in 1540 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. It was later known as the Overhill Cherokee town Toqua, and this name was applied to the archeological site.

TWRA AllAccessSites OBJECTID 357, Access_Num 212; waterway Tellico Reservoir. ramp: Concrete; lanes: More Than 3; launchable: All Vessels; courtesy dock: Yes; usable at winter pool: Yes; canoe landing: Yes; motorized: Yes