Alapahoochee (Grand Bay Canal), Florida, US/Georgia, US
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GA SR 135 in Echols Co. to Fla SR 150 on the Alapaha
| Usual Difficulty |
II (for normal flows) |
| Length |
4.5 Miles |
River Description
Runnable nearly all year, this section is swift with few obstuctions. The rapid occurs about .5
miles below the abandoned bridge halfway into the run. At low water there are two distinct sets of
Class II drops. As the water level rises, the two drops merge into one ledge/wavetrain. Downstream,
just above the confluence with the Alapaha, look for Turket Creek entering on the right.At low
levels this is a 12' waterfall into a beautiful grotto...At high levels (heavy local rains) this
drop turns into a pretty radical Class III-IV creeky double drop.
Thanks to Dan Webb for this description.
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Last Updated: 2010-09-06 19:12:18
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User Comments
from SR 135 to the Alapaha only takes about 1.5 hours of easy paddling, so the trip may be less
than 4.5 miles. This river has no USGS or other gauges, but the Alapaha, into which it flows and
which it parallels, does. The correlation obviously has weakness since the Alapaha has a much
larger drainage, but the rapids on the Alapahoochee will likely be uninteresting when the Alapaha
gauge near Jennings is below 63.5'.