Canoochee River

Canoochee River

The Canoochee River (pronounced "kuh-NOO-chee") is a river, about 100 mi (160 km) long, in southeastern Georgia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ogeechee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

Course

The Canoochee River is formed about 12 mi (20 km) southeast of Swainsboro in southwestern Emanuel County by the confluence of Canoochee Creek and Little Canoochee Creek, and flows generally southeastwardly through or along the boundaries of Candler, Evans, Bryan, and Liberty Counties, through Fort Stewart. It joins the Ogeechee River from the west in Bryan County, 15 mi (24 km) south-southwest of Savannah.

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Canoochee River" as the stream's name in 1910. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as:

ee also

*List of Georgia rivers

ources

* [http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/C/C01731-canoochee-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*DeLorme (2003). "Georgia Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-253-6.
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