Canoeing Trip in Georgia...

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I'd like to do a canoeing/camping trip In North Georgia. Anyone ever done one? Know of a place that rents canoes? A three day two night would be fun. Up until now, all of my camping has been all land stuff other than the occassional trip out into a large lake and finding an island.
 
Hey Guys...

Dyside...

If you start hearing Banjo music,, start paddling Hard, and Don't stop!! :)

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
Dylside said:
I'd like to do a canoeing/camping trip In North Georgia. Anyone ever done one? Know of a place that rents canoes? A three day two night would be fun. Up until now, all of my camping has been all land stuff other than the occassional trip out into a large lake and finding an island.
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I don’t know about N Georgia but you might look at the Okefenokee Swap in S Georgia. They have canoe trail through there with platforms to sleep on. Always sounded cool, never got to try it when I lived near there. I know there was a fire recently and drought so not sure if the whole thing is back open.
 
Normark said:
Hey Guys...

Dyside...

If you start hearing Banjo music,, start paddling Hard, and Don't stop!! :)

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
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hahaha. No doubt. That's why I carry the most important part of my PSK though... Good ole' Mr. BOOMSTICK! lol.


The Okiebadokie thing sounds cool too. I might give that a try as well. I'd prefer mountain country, but I'm sure I'll try a few different settings as well.
 
You need to check out the Okiefenokee, a lot of it burned this year when we had such dry weather & had a lot of brush fires, that started larger fires! check the web for Stephen Foster state park, that is the main entrance to the swamp! it was very beautiful & had thousands of birds & lots of gators!!!
 
You could easily do a one night camping trip on the Elk River in Middle Tennessee (near Winchester). If you fish, you could make it longer. Very pleasant water and trip overall. I saw 5 mink the last time I went down this past summer. There are two canoe rental places that I am aware of that will haul you and pick you up. Cell phone coverage over much of the river, so you can get help if you run into trouble.
 
The lower Toccoa (east of Lake Blue Ridge) is nice & there are rentals at the state park for day trips. Lots of options in Blue Ridge or Ellijay, but with the severe droughts, you may have trouble findling a river both long & deep enough to canoe. Carters Lake has campgrounds that you can access by canoe, but I don;t know how the lake level is doing. I highly recommend the Ellijay to Blue Ridge area, at least when there has been rain in the last month.
 
The Toccoa is a great place to canoe, especially up in Chattahoochee National, theres all kinds a canoe and kayak rental places also, plus anywhere in the park is pretty much free camping if your in the Cooper Creek WMA they have some real camping areas on the river.
 
Dylside said:
I'd like to do a canoeing/camping trip In North Georgia. Anyone ever done one? Know of a place that rents canoes? A three day two night would be fun. Up until now, all of my camping has been all land stuff other than the occassional trip out into a large lake and finding an island.
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I don't know about north Ga., but south there are rivers like the Satilla (supposedly the most pristine in the state) the Altamaha which has those islands you were askin' `bout, the Saint Mary's, etc.

Try checking with the Ga. DNR or their website. I'm sure you will find something along the lines you're looking for. :thumbup:

Jim L.
 
I might be mistaken,but

isn't most of GA in a Class IV drought.

rode over the Apalachee,yesterday,

was only about a foot wide.

I'd wait awhile,but nothing wrong with planning now.

all good info above,as usual.

just my $.02.

clown
 
clown714 said:
I might be mistaken,but isn't most of GA in a Class IV drought...<snipped>...
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Yep, big time. Most of the natural waterways in the southeast are only good for wet hiking right now. About the only paddling this summer has been on the dam controlled stuff. You might try American Whitewater for the GA rivers database.

The swamp is a good paddle. I've only paddled it in late winter or early spring so I'm not sure what to expect this time of year.

Stay Safe,
Clyde
 
What others have said... water is too low because of the drought. I had plans to go down the Chestatee this weekend but it ain't happening now.
 
Quiet Bear said:
What others have said... water is too low because of the drought. I had plans to go down the Chestatee this weekend but it ain't happening now.
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I don't know about that. With all the rain we've had over the last couple of weeks, the Satilla has just about left her banks. The Altamaha might be fairly high as well.

You might want to look into south east Ga. near the coast. In the low country (sea level) around Brunswick/Glynn County, Darien/McIntosh county, The water level is pretty good.

There's also the Ogeechee river just south of Savannah.

Let us know what you come up with! My poor canoe hasn't been wet except for rain in the last 7 years (DAMN :mad: ). A 15 footer that's about 70 lbs. and difficult (with back injury) to manhandle by myself - not in the water, getting it in.

Jim L.
 
I know South GA and North FL have gotten some recent rains, but North Georgia is in very bad shape. Fire ban in effect into 08, many lakes are expected to go dry like Altoona. I already lost a 1.5' diameter shagbark hickory and my yellow poplars are stressing. Lanier is 12' below full pool and will go down 1' a week for the next 8 at least. There are talks of water rationing. You know its bad when there are no mosquitos and hardly any lighting bugs this summer. And they are calling for a dry/warm winter.
 
Quiet Bear said:
I know South GA and North FL have gotten some recent rains, but North Georgia is in very bad shape. Fire ban in effect into 08, many lakes are expected to go dry like Altoona. I already lost a 1.5' diameter shagbark hickory and my yellow poplars are stressing. Lanier is 12' below full pool and will go down 1' a week for the next 8 at least. There are talks of water rationing. You know its bad when there are no mosquitos and hardly any lighting bugs this summer. And they are calling for a dry/warm winter.
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Hey Quiet Bear,

Sorry to hear about your drought problems but there should be a good few bow staves in that Hickory.

Doc
 
Forwarding more info on the water drought in GA.
Stay Safe,
Clyde


From: Howard A Perlman <hperlman@usgs.gov>
Date: October 10, 2007 9:14:27 AM EDT
To: GS-W-GAatl E-News <GS-W-GAatl_E-News@usgs.gov>
Subject: USGS Georgia Water Science Center E-News: Drought Conditions

Droughtwatch: The 2007 drought in Georgia worsened during September
USGS Georgia Water Science Center E-News
October 10, 2007

The 2007 drought in Georgia worsened during September, bringing many of
the State’s rivers and streams to their lowest levels ever recorded for
the month. This was the lowest September streamflow on record for 31
monitoring stations with at least 20 years of record in Georgia. September
2007 saw new all time record low daily streamflows at 15 rivers with 20 or
more years of record in Georgia.

Rivers across the State are experiencing moderate to severe hydrologic
drought. This was the lowest September streamflow recorded in 79
years for the Etowah River at Canton; 73 years for the Broad River near Bell, 69 years for the Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, and 68 years for
Tobesofkee Creek near Macon. Streamflow was the lowest recorded in 69 years for any month for the Conasauga River at Tilton.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)—and its Federal, State, and
local cooperators—maintain 233 streamgaging stations and 209 monitoring
wells throughout Georgia. Additional Georgia drought information and
real-time river and ground water levels are available on the Web at
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/

A fact sheet (PDF) about the drought can be found at
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/drought/drought_sept2007.pdf
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Good luck finding water. Georgia is experiencing record drought, and lakes and rivers are VERY low...
 
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