South Fork Broad River Paddling Guide

South Fork Broad River Paddling Guide

The South Fork Broad River is a short but sweet Broad River tributary. Rising in northwestern Madison County, it flows southeastward through predominantly agricultural land before

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Mulberry Creek Paddling Guide

Mulberry Creek Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER Mulberry Creek flows east off of Pine Mountain and empties into the 
Chattahoochee River 20 miles north of Columbus. A wilderness stream except for

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Conasauga River Paddling Guide

  By SUZANNE WELANDER View a 5-minute video of a paddling trip on the upper portion of the Conasauga. VIEW THE VIDEO The Conasauga leaps to life high on the pristine slopes of

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Middle Fork Broad River Paddling Guide

The Middle Fork Broad River is born in the Chattahoochee National Forest east of Cornelia. Though adventurous boaters have plied the rapids nearer the headwaters, the river is not

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Chattooga River Paddling Guide by Claude Terry

Chattooga River Paddling Guide by Claude Terry

Editors Note: The story below by Claude Terry was written for Brown's Guides in 1972 after his experience as a consultant and double on the movie "Deliverance," and before the

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Hudson River Paddling Guide

  By SUZANNE WELANDER Calm waters of Section II. Most of the Class I and II rapids are located downstream of GA 106; then the waters calm until reaching the last shoal right

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Little River of Southern Georgia Paddling Guide

Little River of Southern Georgia Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER The Little's tannic acid-stained water bubbles play folly over small limestone ledges and between brilliantly contrasting white sandbars along the way to its

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North Fork Broad River Paddling Guide

The North Fork Broad River has its headwaters in Stephens County near Toccoa. The section described here provides a mild journey through a mostly wooded environment near the end of

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Chattahoochee River Paddling Guide

Chattahoochee River Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER "The lore of the South could not survive without rivers any better than 
the human body could survive without blood," writes Marc Reisner in 
Cadillac Desert.

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Little River Canyon Paddling Guide

Located approximately 40 miles west of Rome, Georgia, the Little River Canyon is an impressive sandstone-granite gorge through which a sparkling clear stream runs. The Little River

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