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The
Ocoee Whitewater Center near Ducktown, Tennessee was the canoe slalom
venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. It is the only in-river
course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot stretch
of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops
and eddies needed for a slalom course. The course is watered only on
summer weekends, for use by guided rafts. When the river has water,
24 commercial rafting companies take more than 750 raft passengers through
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In 2024, Karen Duquette went to the website underlined above, which
stated that on April 26, 2022, the Ocoee Whitewater Center
(the building with the red roof shown a bit lower down on this page)
caught fire and was destroyed. No one was injured in the fire. So please
check before you go there for updates.
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On the date that the two RV Gypsies were here, they had the area to themselves. The building on site was closed due to the Pandemic. |
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Below: A face
etched in the pathway |
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Below: A Bat House and a row of birdhouses.
The two RV Gypsies really hope the birds can read so they enter the correct bird house. |
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This
is a straight bridge. The panorama photo makes it look otherwise.
The building with the red roof in this photo is the one
mentioned in the
notice at the top of this page. |
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This is a straight bridge. The panorama photo below makes it look like two
bridges. |
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Below: View of The 1996 Centennial Olympics bridge from each entry side of the bridge. |
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Below: The Ocoee River as seen from one side of The 1996 Centennial
Olympics bridge. |
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Below:
The Ocoee River as seen from the other side of The 1996 Centennial Olympics
bridge. |
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Below: On the far side of the bridge, there is a sign for several hiking trails. |
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