The Jocassee Gorges Wilderness Area was named by National Geographic as one of the World’s Last Great Places and Lake Jocassee one of the most beautiful lakes in America by Places to Travel.

Chad Luce feels pretty fortunate over the years. "I've been a third-generation Jocassee Luce. My grandfather, he unloaded the first rotor poles that were brought up here. My dad worked here during ...