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 (varies with level) |
| Length |
4.5 Miles |
Lower Electric Line Rapid
Lower Electric Line RapidPhoto taken 03/22/11
Gauge Information
| Name |
Range |
Difficulty |
Updated |
Level |
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ALAPAHA RIVER NEAR JENNINGS FLA
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usgs-02317620 |
63.50 - 75.00 ft
|
I |
00h55m |
~ 63.3
ft
(too low) |
Likely low. River may be paddled, but rapids may be marginal. Reference gauge is well downstream of rapids, on larger river, thus provides only general indication of likely flows for this reach. |
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.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2012-04-27 12:06:24
Upper Electric Line Rapid
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'.