WEBVTT RAFTING... AND ITS DANGERS. [D3]DROWNED RAFTER REAX-INTRO THE FOREST SERVICE SAYS ABOUT 60-THOUSAND PEOPLE PADDLE DOWN THE CHATTOOGA RIVER EACH YEAR. IT'S A RIVER KNOWN FOR ITS UNTAMED BEAUTY.

It took seconds for Thomas Hill to be thrown from a raft in the Chattooga River at raging Sock-em-Dog rapids in Oconee County, where he was sucked under and drowned. It took 16 days and 240 searchers ...

In the grand scheme of outdoor adventure, nothing gives the whole family the experience that rafting provides, particularly on the Chattooga River. The Chattooga has changed during the past few ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Chattooga River is the “Deliverance” river. It is the mythical Cahulawassee River that novelist James Dickey described in his 1970 novel. It was ...

Thousands of years ago, Native Americans paddled the rivers of the Southeast. Now it's thrill-seekers and adventure enthusiasts filling up these waterways, turning them into popular whitewater rafting ...

Four decades ago, the movie "Deliverance" introduced the lush north Georgia mountains to the world. Though many in the region still bristle at the movie's portrayal of locals as uneducated hillbillies ...