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The most recent major flooding of the Chattahoochee River took place in November 2009. This was caused by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Ida as it tore through the Georgia Piedmont. Downstream from Roswell, the Chattahoochee River remained in moderate flood stage. Streams affected by the September 2009 floods included the following:
However, Nancy Creek–another Chattahoochee River tributary–did reach a record level, destroying the Peachtree-Dunwoody Road bridge (which would reopen on March 23, 2010). The western side of the Interstate 285 beltway crosses the Chattahoochee River. This section of the interstate was completely underwater for several days.
Wooden full-rigged ship owned by the Columbia River Packers Association and used as a cannery tender. [3] Jessie: 28 June 1898 Swamped in turbulent water at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. 18 miners from the Columbia Exploration Company were believed to have been massacred by Yup'ik Natives or lost with wreck. One person, a trader called Ling ...
The Ramblin' Raft Race was an annual Memorial Day weekend raft race on the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta that lasted from 1969 to 1980. At its peak, more than 300,000 rafters partook in the race. After American Rafting Association stopped running the event and WQXI ran the event ontheir own in 1980, a drowning occurred.
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From that point, a road led to the east toward Atlanta, crossing the Chattahoochee River at Pace's Ferry, where the Confederates had constructed a pontoon bridge over the deep and swift flowing river. Wood's skirmishers encountered a brigade of dismounted cavalry, which had its front covered by rail barricades along a ridge at right angles to ...
Though it may be small, only 28.5 miles long, north Georgia's Soque River is great for fly fishing. ... While the Chattahoochee will always be my favorite Georgia river which flows out of the ...
The Chattahoochee River restoration began by removing legacy dams 10 years ago. More resources are needed to keep tabs on fish, a key indicator of river health. Dozens of ‘suckers’ but no ...