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Big Canoe (// ⓘ) is a common interest development gated community, consisting of over 8,000 acres (32 km 2), located in the mountains north of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located in Pickens County between Jasper and Dawsonville and has about 3,000 residents. Approximately 60% are full-time and 40% are weekenders.
The 200-mile (320 km) long Bartram Canoe Trail system of canoe and kayak water trails in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the longest in the United States. [8] It is operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and offers canoeists and kayakers 13 different routes to choose from, including three routes with floating campsites ...
Narcoosee Road US 192 / US 441: Osceola-Orange County Line former SR 15 [1] CR 419: Deer Park Road US 192: CR 532: former SR 419 [1] CR 500A: Old Melbourne Highway US 192 / US 441 dead end former SR 500A [1] unsigned CR 522: Osceola Parkway: I-4: CR 530 at Orange County line partial toll road: CR 523: Canoe Creek Road Lake Shore Boulevard ...
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Canoe Lake is also home to the Taylor-Statten summer camps; Camp Ahmek, an all-boys' camp, and Camp Wapomeo, an all-girls' camp. Canoe Lake , 1914 sketch by Tom Thomson Influential Canadian artist Tom Thomson drowned in Canoe Lake on July 8, 1917, during a canoeing trip; his body was discovered in the lake eight days later, washed up on the ...
Waukon Decorah's brother was known as Big Canoe or One-Eyed Decorah (c. 1772–1864). [2] Early historical accounts sometimes confused the brothers with each other, or with their uncle Spoon Decorah (c. 1730–c.1816) [ 2 ] or with their cousin Old Decorah (c. 1746–1836) [ 2 ] and Old Decorah's sons Little Decorah (1797–1887) and Spoon ...
The origin of the name "Harpeth" is controversial. It is often claimed that the river was named for America's first known serial killers, the Harpe brothers, known as "Big Harpe" and "Little Harpe" who were in the area in 1797; this is erroneous since the name existed on maps and documents as early as 1784, predating their fame. [12]
The park, originally called Turtle River Provincial Park, was established in 1989 and had an area of 40,052 hectares (98,970 acres) at that time. It was created to protect the Turtle River canoe route. In 2003, the park was enlarged to 49,294 hectares (121,810 acres) and renamed to its current name. [4]