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Canoochee River

River in Georgia, United States

Canoochee River
Summary

River in Georgia, United States

Map of the Ogeechee River watershed showing the Canoochee River
Canoochee River

The Canoochee River (pronounced kuh-NOO-chee) is a 108 mi river in southeastern Georgia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ogeechee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1738 the Trustees of the colony mentioned the proposed house and ferry boat over the 'Cooanoochi River'.

Course

The Canoochee River is formed about 12 mi southeast of Swainsboro in southwestern Emanuel County by the confluence of Canoochee Creek and Little Canoochee Creek, and flows generally southeastwardly through or along the boundaries of Candler, Evans, Bryan, and Liberty counties, through Fort Stewart. It joins the Ogeechee River from the west in Bryan County, 15 mi south-southwest of Savannah.

Name origin

"Canoochee" may be a name derived from the Muscogee language, meaning "little ground". The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Canoochee River" as the stream's preferred spelling in 1910. According to the Geographic Names Information System, variant names have included:

  • Cannochee River
  • Cannoochee River
  • Cannouchee River
  • Canoche River
  • Canochee River
  • Canoochee Creek
  • Canouchee River
  • Canouchie River
  • Canuche River
  • Connochee River
  • Conoche River
  • Conoochee River
  • Coonoche River
  • Coonnoochie River
  • Connouchee Creek

Sources

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed April 26, 2011)
  2. 'Index: C,' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, Volume 43, 1737, ed. K G Davies (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963), 339-345, Retrieved July 4, 2015, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol43/pp339-345 British History website]
  3. "Feature Detail Report for: Canoochee River".
  4. Krakow, Kenneth K.. (1975). "Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins". Winship Press.
  5. {{Gnis. 354987
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