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Last summer, a few friends and I took a trip up to Tennessee for some kayaking along the Hiwassee River from the Apalachia Powerhouse to Hiwassee Outfitters. I’d remembered traveling up here and doing part of the Hiwassee above the powerhouse and tubing down the lower sections of the river as well during one [...]

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We recently did some kayaking on the Coosawattee River near Carters Lake. We decided to try out a fairly calm section of river in hopes of staying dry. Although it has been unseasonably warm this winter we felt the water would still be pretty cold without wet/drysuits so we gave it a shot.
Starting out at [...]

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Nearest Town: Silver City
County:  Dawson
Length: 8.7 miles
Rapids: Class I-II
Duration: 5 hours
Start Location: Highway 9 N34 degrees  21′ 27.5″, W84 degrees
End Location: Kelly Bridge Road N34 degrees 21′ 9.6″,W84 degrees
Directions:
Take-Out

Take 369 to Highway 9
Head north on Highway 9 for 5.4 miles, then turn left onto A.T. Moore Road after crossing the Dawson County line.
After 0.7 [...]

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I’ve been looking for some new spots to kayak this year and during my search I came across some nice footage from some local creeks like Bear Creek - Cloudland Canyon etc.. Note: Although I plan on getting to this level eventually, the guys shown kayaking in these videos are far above my level [...]

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Nearest Town: Dawsonville, Ga
Directions to take-out at Old Federal:

From 575,  take Ga. 20 towards Cumming
Turn left onto Ga-369
Turn left onto Old Federal Rd
Slight right onto Nicholson Rd
Take an immediate left into dirt parking  area

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From 400, left onto 369
Right on Old Federal Rd
Slight right onto Nicholson Rd
Turn left - dirt parking at Old Federal Rd take-out

Directions [...]

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