Tugaloo River
The Tugaloo River (originally Tugalo River) is a 45.9-mile-long (73.9 km)[1] river bordering the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina. It is fed by the Tallulah River and the Chattooga River, which each form an arm of Lake Tugalo, on the edge of Georgia's Tallulah Gorge State Park. The Tugaloo then flows out of the lake via Tugaloo Dam, passing into Lake Yonah and through Yonah Dam. The river then ends as an arm of Lake Hartwell, as does South Carolina's Seneca River. After flowing out of Lake Hartwell, it is called the Savannah River.
Territorial claims to the river and its islands were settled with the Treaty of Beaufort in 1787, as interpreted in the two Georgia v. South Carolina cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922 and 1989.
The river's watershed is home to some of the most challenging whitewater in the Southeast, luring sport kayakers and canoeists from all over the country.[citation needed]
The name of the river comes from Tugaloo (ᏚᎩᎷᏱ), a Cherokee town that was located on the river near the mouth of Toccoa Creek.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 26, 2011
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34°26′37″N 82°51′22″W / 34.44361°N 82.85611°W
- Rivers and streams of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Rivers and streams of South Carolina
- Borders of South Carolina
- Borders of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Landforms of Anderson County, South Carolina
- Landforms of Oconee County, South Carolina
- Landforms of Hart County, Georgia
- Landforms of Franklin County, Georgia
- Landforms of Stephens County, Georgia
- Landforms of Habersham County, Georgia
- Tributaries of the Savannah River
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