Georgia Canoeing and Paddling Guides

Bull River Blogger: Voyage to Ebenezer Creek

Bull River Blogger: Voyage to Ebenezer Creek

We start this journey in the tidal rivers and creeks but the islands and marshes aren’t my destination. Soon, we leave the tidal waters and enter into the waters of the Savannah.

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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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Chattooga River Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

Chattooga River Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

By Suzanne Welander The famed Chattooga is one of the nation's most renowned rivers. Its reputation is well deserved – it is a spectacular wilderness river that frolics through

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Alapaha River Paddling Guide

Alapaha River Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER Jungle-like in its remoteness and luxurious with exotic vegetation, the dark reddish-brown waters of the Alapaha wind through a swampy wonderland teeming with

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Okefenokee Swamp Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

Okefenokee Swamp Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

If Georgia consisted only of the Chattooga River and the Okefenokee Swamp, it would still be a water wonderland, beautiful and exciting beyond all expectation. As it is, of course,

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Flint River Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

Flint River Paddling Guide by Suzanne Welander

By Suzanne Welander In terms of wilderness beauty and spectacular vistas of varied terrain, the Flint is rivaled by no other large river in Georgia. In the Piedmont alone, the

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Withlacoochee River Paddling Guide

Withlacoochee River Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER A list of Georgia's truly beautiful scenic rivers includes the Withlacoochee. Originating in Tift and Berrien counties, its dark waters flow south along the

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Suwannee River Paddling Guide

Suwannee River Paddling Guide

By SUZANNE WELANDER  This is a paddling guide to a trip on the Suwannee River, including a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp, in extreme Southwest Georgia, with a total distance of

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Okefenokee Swamp Paddling Guide by Claude Terry

Okefenokee Swamp Paddling Guide by Claude Terry

By CLAUDE TERRY Could it be? Someone was making a strenuous effort to hand crank a model-T Ford, and in the process was causing an unholy row. I was sure of this as I came awake

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