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White water rafting put the Ocoee River on the map. “These people started showing up, and they'd been out West, they were like, this is awesome,” said Angelo Giansante, the Park Manager for ...
They surveyed the spending patterns of 3,118 visitors rafting the Ocoee River between June and September 2012. Mr. Morse and Mr. Beckman analyzed the spending of 229,542 visitors who took rafting ...
A setting that's kept dozens of rafting companies ... "It put us on the map," said McDonald. The river is categorized in three different sections--- the upper, middle and lower Ocoee.
Commercial rafting on the Ocoee River will launch this weekend, two months later than normal and with some adjustments to keep people apart and increase cleaning protocols. "We just got approval ...
Newbies will get a crash course in paddling techniques and be helped along as they navigate the river's rapids and drops. If your trip down the Ocoee inspires a love of rafting, plan your next ...
A long debate about the future of whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River has been settled. The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Wednesday that a partnership has been formed among the Ocoee ...
A 23-year-old rafting guide drowned Saturday on the Ocoee River while trying to rescue some passengers. Stan Guy had grown up on the Ocoee and was a guide for the Sunburst Rafting Company in Benton.
If you are looking for an adventure, Outdoor Recreation will host three whitewater rafting trips down the Ocoee River in Tennessee. The trips, open to military ID cardholders and children ages 12 ...