Cheoah River

Santeetlah Dam to Calderwood Lake Boat Launch

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May 8, 2003

Trip Report

ReporterKevin Colburn

After a 12,000 cfs spill on 5/7/03 big chunks of the road (129) are gone. So while the Cheoah is running 2G and holding (a VERY GOOD LEVEL), there is really no way to access it that i know of unless you feel like running a 200+ mile shuttle! Call DOT before heading out there. It is possible you could run part of the River but just not the whole thing...

Check out a photo... Notice the debris on the road that shows that there were several more feet of water in the river....

http://americanwhitewater.org/photos/?photoid=4103