Oconee River

The Oconee River is a river which has its origin in Hall County, Georgia and terminates 170 mi (274 km) later where it joins the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River near Lumber City at the borders of Montgomery County, Wheeler County, and Jeff Davis County. The northern part of the river, known as the North Oconee River, is where the two forks of the river converge to form what is known as the Middle Oconee River. The Oconee River passes through the Oconee National Forest into Lake Oconee, a manmade lake, near the towns of Madison and Greensboro. From Lake Oconee, the river travels to Lake Sinclair, another manmade lake, in Milledgeville, Georgia, the town founded on Georgia's fall line. South of Milledgeville, the river flows unobstructed to its mouth. Along the river there are many sandbars and oxbow lakes while the forest bottomland swamp surrounding the Oconee extends for miles, creating a very remote setting.


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