Etowah River
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The Etowah River rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. Its name means "place of dead wood" in the Cherokee language.
The large Amicalola Creek (which flows over Amicalola Falls) is a primary tributary near the beginning of the river. The Etowah then flows west-southwest through Canton, Georgia, and soon forms Lake Allatoona. From the dam at the lake, it passes Cartersville and the Etowah Indian Mounds archaeological site. It then flows to Rome, Georgia where it meets the Oostanaula River and forms the Coosa River at their confluence. The river is the northernmost portion of the Etowah-Coosa-Alabama-Mobile Waterway, stretching from the mountains of north Georgia to Mobile Bay in Alabama.
The Little River is the largest tributary of the Etowah, their confluence now flooded by Lake Allatoona. Allatoona Creek is another major tributary, flowing north from Cobb County and forming the other major arm of the lake.
The U.S. government Board on Geographic Names officially named the river in 1897.
The river ends at 571 feet or 174 meters above mean sea level.
Tributaries
- Acworth Creek
- Amicalola Creek
- Big Dry Creek
- Butler Creek
- Canton Creek
- Dykes Creek
- Hall Creek
- Euharlee Creek
- Allatoona Creek
- Little Allatoona Creek
- Little River
- Long Swamp Crrek
- Owl Creek
- Proctor Creek
- Pumpkinvine Creek
- Rocky Creek
- Rubes Creek
- Tanyard Creek
- Petit Creek
- Hightower Trail
Places
- Lumpkin County, Georgia
- Dawson County, Georgia
- Forsyth County, Georgia
- Cherokee County, Georgia
- Bartow County, Georgia
- Floyd County, Georgia
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