Georgia Rivers

Paddle Georgia is creeping ever so closer and we're preparing by educating some of our participants in basic water safety! Nine participants received water safety training from Georgia Rivers Andrew Kraft and volunteer Mike Henry this Saturday in Chattahoochee Hills. Some will be assisting as safety boaters during our journey down the Coosawattee and Oostanaula Rivers set for June 14-20!

Thunderstorms prevented us from paddling all nine miles of our Broad River Shoals Lily Adventure Saturday, but the bad weather did hold off long enough for us to make an upstream trip to Anthony Shoals to see the lilies and the ruins of the Broad River Manufacturing Company dating to the 1840s. Critters, beautiful flowers and lots of cool history all wrapped up at Anthony Shoals!

If you are joining Georgia Rivers for Paddle Georgia 2026, here's a sampling of photographs from a recent scouting trip of part of Day 1 and Day 2 of this year's route on the Coosawattee River. Day 2 is filled with numerous Class II rapids/shoals followed by a 5-6-mile lake paddle (sorry!) Hopefully, these images will give you a feel for what to expect! Of course, water levels will have a major impact on this section and we will closely watch water levels up until June 15 when we run this section.