RIVERS. 39 



Alatamaha river is the largest river in the State. It is 

 formed by the junction of the Ocmulgee and Oconee about 

 seventy miles from its mouth. In its course it receives the 

 Ohoopee, runs southeast, and empties itself by two mouths into 

 the ocean betv^^een St. Simon's Island and Sapelo. The north 

 branch passes by Darien, and discharges itself through Doboy 

 Sound ; the southern branch passes betvs^een Egg Island and 

 Little St. Simon's. From Darien it is navigable two hundred 

 miles to the forks of the Ocmulgee and the Oconee, and up the 

 Ocmulgee the west branch three hundred miles to Macon, and 

 up the Oconee two hundred miles to Milledgeville. From Da- 

 rien it is navigable for vessels drawing eleven feet, at common 

 high water in ordinary tides, to Doboy Island. At the latter 

 place ships may come drawing fourteen feet, at common high 

 water. 



Alcovee or Ulcofauhachee river rises in Gwinnett, and 

 empties into the Ocmulgee in Jasper county. 



Appallachee river rises in Gwinnett, runs southeast, and 

 empties into the Oconee six miles west of Greensborough. It 

 is eighty miles in length. 



Briar creek, although not dignified with the name of a river, 

 is an important stream. It rises in Warren county, flows 

 southeast, and discharges itself into the Savannah river in Scri- 

 ven county. It is a hundred miles in length, and is memora- 

 ble for a great battle fought at its mouth in the war of the Rev- 

 olution, in which Gen. Ash, commanding the Americans, was 

 defeated with great loss. 



Broad river rises in Habersham county, runs southeast, and 

 empties into the Savannah river at Petersburgh, in Elbert 

 county. The lands on this river have long been celebrated 

 for their fertility. 



Cannouchee river has its origin in Emanuel, flows southeast, 

 and discharges itself into Ogeechee river, in Bryan county. Its 

 length is one hundred and forty miles and navigable fifty miles. 



Chattooga river, one of the head branches of the Savannah, 

 rises in the Blue Ridge in South Carolina. 



Chattooga river rises in Walker county, runs southwest, 

 and empties into the Coosa river. 



Chattahoochee river is one of the largest rivers in the State. 



