North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Instream Flow Unit
Division of Water Resources
Instream Flow Unit
Hydropower Dam Relicensing
Tallassee (Tapoco) Project (FERC Project Number 2169)
Cheoah River Recreational Flow Study, July 11 - 14, 2000
Tallassee (Tapoco) Project (FERC Project Number 2169)
Cheoah River Recreational Flow Study, July 11 - 14, 2000
T h u m b n a i l G a l l e r y
| Links by Day and Flow | |||
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| Tuesday, July 11 | Wednesday, July 12 | Thursday, July 13 | Friday, July 14 |
| morning (100 cfs) | morning (950 cfs) | morning (670 cfs) | morning (1010 cfs) |
| afternoon (75 cfs) | afternoon (950 cfs) | VIEW | |
| July 13, 2000 | |||
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| Afternoon Study Flow = 1130 cfs | |||
| (Photographs courtesy of U.S. Forest Service) | |||
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| Flow study release from Santeetlah Dam | Flow study release from Santeetlah Dam | Flow study release from Santeetlah Dam | Rafts at put-in at Cochran Creek |
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| View of river at cable bridge below penstock | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak below cable bridge |
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| Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Drop below cable bridge | Canoe below cable bridge | Canoe at drop below cable bridge |
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| Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge |
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| Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | Kayak at drop below cable bridge | View of cable bridge upstream from drop |
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| Safety shuttle of raft through drop below cable bridge by guide | Safety shuttle of raft through drop below cable bridge by guide | Kayak near Yellow Creek confluence | Boats near Yellow Creek confluence |
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| Canoe near Yellow Creek confluence | Kayaks near Yellow Creek confluence | Cheoah River near Yellow Creek confluence | Boats near Yellow Creek confluence |
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| Kayaks near Yellow Creek confluence | Kayak near Yellow Creek confluence | Boats above pond | Raft1 above pond |
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| Raft3 above pond | Raft2 above pond | Boats above pond | River near big island |
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| Boats near big island | Raft1 near big island | Raft2 near big island | Raft3 near big island |
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| View above FR 445 access bridge crossing | View below FR 445 access bridge crossing | Raft1 and kayaks approach FR 445 access bridge crossing | Rafts and kayak approach FR 445 access bridge crossing |
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| Raft1 at FR 445 access bridge crossing | Raft2 at FR 445 access bridge crossing | Rafts below FR 445 access bridge crossing | River reach above big fall |
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| Big fall | Kayak in big fall | Raft2 in big fall--stern-first approach | Raft3 in big fall--stern-first approach |
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| Raft3 pinned below big fall | Raft1 in big fall--stern-first approach | Spectators at big fall | View upstream from Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge |
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| View upstream from Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge | View downstream from Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge | View upstream from Tapoco Lodge | View upstream from Tapoco Lodge |
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| Raft3 at Tapoco Lodge | Raft1 at Tapoco Lodge | Raft2 at Tapoco Lodge | View of Hwy 129 bridge downstream from Tapoco Lodge |
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| View of kayaks downstream of Tapoco Lodge | Raft2 at Tapoco Lodge | View of rafts downstream from Tapoco Lodge | |
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