The Canoochee River (pronounced kuh-NOO-chee) is a 108-mile-long (174 km)[1]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'.[2]
Course
The Canoochee River is formed about 12 miles (19 km) 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 miles (24 km) south-southwest of
Savannah.[3]
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
The National MapArchived 2012-03-29 at the
Wayback Machine, accessed April 26, 2011
^'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,
British History website