The Hartland Dam reconstruction project has stirred local enthusiasm for additional recreational accommodation along the Gunnison River. The project objective was to provide fish passage, but the project has also remedied what was an extreme safety hazard to boaters: the dam has been the site of several rafting fatalities. The reach now provides a low hazard …
The following video shows both the power and the potential rides that can be enjoyed by rafters passing through the Cut Bait Channel on the Alabama (river right) side of the Lower Chattahoochee. The river runs between Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama.
Construction of the Alabama Channel was completed in February 2012, allowing the western half of the Eagle and Phenix Dam, upstream, to be removed in March 2012. This removal facilitated construction of structures in the Georgia Channel (east half of the river) and opened the rapids in the Alabama Channel for raft and kayak runs …
According to a fan of the project who lives in Virginia but hails from Phenix City, this project includes a marina and a river takeout for rafters. MWDG is not sure if it will be a permitted access point. According to this source, a takeout is also being considered at two other locations upstream …