Only one person from our group got tossed from the raft during a rapid and we were able to pick her up real quick.

For a rapids map of the river, click here.

There is something really interesting about the Ocoee...by day, the river is a whitewater rafting course, but by night it is dry.  Huh?

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) controls the river and it's flow.  When the "shut the river off" the water is diverted to make hydroelectric energy.  Keep reading...