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The river is split into three forks. The Chattooga River is the main fork, running along the state line. The East Fork Chattooga River (sometimes East Prong Chattooga River) runs in from Jackson County, North Carolina and then Oconee County, South Carolina, and is 7.4 miles (11.9 km) long. [1]
Bull Sluice is the largest and final named rapid of Section 3 of the Chattooga River. Since it is one of the more accessible rapids on the river, many boaters who run the narrower and more dangerous Section 4 will first run Bull Sluice before continuing downstream, making the rapid the de facto start of the final section of the river.
The river begins in Walker County, Georgia and flows southwest into Weiss Lake on the Coosa River in Alabama. This river is one of two rivers named Chattooga in the state of Georgia. The other, more famous Chattooga River forms part of the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina, and was the wild river featured in the book and movie ...
The northern segment is located in the northeastern corner of the Chattooga River District of the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest. SR 28 consists of Georgia's segments of a multi-state Route 28 that includes two segments of SC 28 and one segment of North Carolina Highway 28 (NC 28).
29.31 square miles (75.9 km 2) [3] Discharge • location: Chattooga River • average: 53.07 cu ft/s (1.503 m 3 /s) at mouth with Chattooga River [3] Basin features; Progression: Chattooga River → Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of Mexico: River system: Chattooga: Bridges
The Chattooga River was designated a Wild and Scenic River during the 1970s. The Chattooga remains one of the few free-flowing streams in the Southeast and is known for its white water rafting and scenery. [citation needed] The movie Deliverance was filmed on the Chattooga River, which became the fictional Cahulawassee River in the movie.
Chattooga River (Alabama–Georgia) R. Raccoon Creek (Chattooga River tributary) T. Taliaferro Creek; Teloga Creek This page was last edited on 31 October 2020, at 01
The county was created on December 28, 1838. Chattooga County comprises the Summerville, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Rome-Summerville Combined Statistical Area. Summerville is the site of the Chattooga County Courthouse. The county is home to several properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.