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                                                                                                                       FEEL RUSH!                 drop. Section 4 is serious whitewater   The Chattahoochee River has long   The Classic Trip offes Class I-III rapids
                                                                                                                                                                             4  Chattahoochee River
                                                                                                                               the
                                                                                                                                                  for advanced paddlers and rafters,
              Native Georgia Animals               Trichechus manatus      7   North Atlantic    Castor canadensis     I Georgia’s Chattooga River. The tale of four   Avid whitewater kayak paddlers   opened in Uptown Columbus.   the East Coast between 4 and 5 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     9 a.m.-3 p.m. when the river is at low
                                                                                                                                                  including Five Falls, a set of five Class
                                                                                                                                                                            been known for leisurely rafting and
                                                                                                                                                                                                     flow. The Challenge Trip (Class III-V)
                                                                                                                        WHITEWATER EXPERIENCES IN GEORGIA
                                                                                                                                                  IV-V rapids in a 1/3-mile stretch.
                                                                                                                        OFFER THRILLS GALORE
                                                                                                                                                                            tubing, but that all changed in 2013
                                                                                                                                                                                                     offers some of the biggest thrills on
                                                                                                                                                                            when the “Longest Urban Whitewater
                                                                                                                                                   2  Tallulah Gorge
                                                                                                                          n the early 1970s, Warner Brothers filmed
                                                                                                                                                                                                     when a regular water release from the
                                                                                                                                                                            Course in the World” (2.5 miles)
                                                     4   West Indian
                                                                                                  10  Beaver
                                                                                                                          a little movie called Deliverance on North
                                                                                                                                                                                                     dam upstream increases water flow.
                                                       Manatee
                                                                              Right Whale
                                                                                                                                                  anticipate the semi-annual release
                                                                              Eubalaena glacialis
                                                                                                                                                  of Tallulah Gorge’s whitewater. On
                                                                                                                        adventurers’ experiences with treacherous
                                                                                                                                                                                      Who to Call to Get on the Water
                                                                                                                                                  this 3.4-mile trip, an average of
                                                                                                                        rapids and far more dangerous locals earned
                                                                                                                                                  500 cubic feet of water per second
                                                                                                                        three Oscar nominations, kick-starting Georgia’s
                                                                                                                        film industry and increasing interest in the sport
                                                                                                                                                                             423-496-5050
                                                                                                                                                                                                               706-754-7981
                                                                                                                                                                                              828-348-6946
                                                                                                                                                  Class IV and V rapids. Paddling the
                                                                                                                                                                                              Guided raft trips
                                                                                                                        of whitewater rafting in the state.  cascade through the gorge, creating   •  Carolina Ocoee   •  Nantahala Outdoor Center   •  Tallulah Gorge State Park    WHITEWATER
                                                                                                                                                                             Guided rafting trips
                                                                                                                                                                                                               State Park; info about
                                                                                                                                                  gorge is limited to specific dates,
                                                                                                                        Today, whitewater enthusiasts can   so check the calendar at    Ocoee River – Ducktown, TN  Chattooga River –    Tallulah Gorge water releases
                                                                                                                                                                                              Clayton, GA;

                              2   Black Bear         5  Gray Squirrel      8   Appalachian        11  Virginia          embark on at least four Georgia rivers,   GaStateParks.org/TallulahGorge    •  Kayak Columbus   Ocoee River –    Tallulah Falls, GA
                                                                                                                                                  for the latest information.
                             Ursus americanus      Sciurus carolinensis       Cottontail             Opossum            casually sliding through Class I-II                  706-718-2059     Cleveland, TN    •  Whitewater Express
                                                                          Sylvilagus obscurus    Didelphis virginiana   rapids or bracing for the wildest rides              Kayak storage & shuttle            800-676-7238
                                                                                                                        on up to Class VI foam.    3  Ocoee/Toccoa River     service Chattahoochee River –  •  Rolling Thunder River   Guided raft & kayak trips   RAFTING
      1   White-tailed Deer                                                                                                                       The whole world watched the Ocoee   Columbus, GA  Company    Ocoee River – Ducktown, TN;
                                                                                                                                                                                              866-427-5524
     Odocoileus virginianus                                                                                              1  Chattooga River       River (called the Ocoee in Tennessee,   •  Ocoee Adventure Center   Guided raft & kayak trips   Chattahoochee River –
                                                                                                                        The National Wild & Scenic Chattooga   and Toccoa River in Georgia) when   888-723-8622   Ocoee River – McCaysville, GA  Columbus, GA
                                                                                                                        River is where Georgia whitewater   it was chosen as the venue for the   Guided rafting trips   •  Wildwater
                                                                                                                        got its start. At least three different   whitewater events of the 1996 Atlanta   Ocoee River – Copperhill, TN  •  Southeastern Expeditions   866-319-8870
                              3   Common Bottle-                                                                        outfitters lead trips along this 26-mile   Olympic Games. This river produces   •  Ocoee Rafting   800-868-7238   Guided raft & kayak trips
                                                                                                                                                                                              Guided rafting trips
                                 nose Dolphin        6  Bobcat             9  Gray Fox            12  River Otter       span. Families like Section 3, with   the most continuous stretch of    800-251-4800   & kayak clinics   Chattooga River – Long Creek,
                             Tursiops truncatus    Felis rufus            Urocyon cinereoargenteus  Lutra canadensis    its gentle Class I-III rapids with the   Class III and IV rapids of any    Guided raft & kayak trips   Chattooga River –   SC; Ocoee River –
                                                                                                                        option to run Bull Sluice, a Class IV   river in the country.  Ocoee River – Ducktown, TN  Clayton, GA  Copperhill, TN
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