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Chattahoochee sits on the banks of the Apalachicola River, and is separated by the Apalachicola and Victory bridges from neighboring Sneads, Florida, which is in Jackson County. Chattahoochee has its own police force with over ten sworn officers and a police chief. Chattahoochee is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "marked rocks".
Visitors putting their rafts, canoes and kayaks in the Chattahoochee River. The source of the Chattahoochee River is located in Jacks Gap at the southeastern foot of Jacks Knob, in the very southeastern corner of Union County, [5] [6] in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Apalachicola River / æ p əl æ tʃ ɪ ˈ k oʊ l ə / is a river, approximately 160 miles (260 km) long, in the state of Florida.The river's large watershed, known as the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) River Basin, drains an area of approximately 19,500 square miles (50,500 km 2) into the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Arsenal-Officers Quarters (also known as the Mt. Vernon Arsenal or Chattahoochee Arsenal) is a historic site in Chattahoochee, Florida. It is located at 100 North Main Street, part of the Florida State Hospital on U.S. 90. On July 2, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
A map produced by William Bolan in 1756 placed Palacochola (Apalachicola) immediately south of Auheege Creek (called Hitchiti Creek at its juncture with the Chattahoochee River). Apalachicola was visited in 1772 by David Taitt, and in the late 1770s by William Bartram. Both visitors related that the town had moved in 1755 to its then location ...
The Florida State Road Department produced a map of the area in 1936. [6] Pine resin was brought to the area from Aspalaga Landing by ship and transferred to the rail lines. [7] The River Junction Tribune was a weekly paper in the area. [8] The great Flood of 1929 affected River Junction and Chattahoochee, Florida. Henry C. Spear was River ...
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Lake Seminole is a reservoir located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida, maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The Chattahoochee and Flint rivers join in the lake, before flowing from the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, which impounds the lake, as the Apalachicola River.