In late July 1996, more than 42,000 spectators gathered between the winding curves of U.S. Highway 64 and the mountainous ...

OCOEE, Tenn. -- The engineered whitewater rapids that hosted the 1996 Olympic whitewater events will flow 54 days each year, giving rafters and canoe and kayak paddlers a wild ride. American ...

Whitewater paddling competition is returning to the Ocoee River for the first time since 2001. The Ocoee River Championships begin Friday morning and run through Sunday and feature seven different ...

Members of the Ocoee Economic Development Partnership announced that usage on the Upper Ocoee River increased by almost 300% in a comparison between May 2003 to May 2004. Ocoee Outfitters Association ...

For a thrilling experience when in Tennessee, consider a whitewater rafting trip through one of the state's many rivers.

All eyes are on Rio right now, with competition well underway in the 2016 games.Twenty years ago, those eyes were locked on the United States for the '96 games in Atlanta, and part of them were played ...

The Ocoee River is officially the most visited whitewater river in the United States with 229,542 visitors in 2012, according to research results announced today by tourism officials in Chattanooga.

There are few places in the country where average Joes and Janes can play Olympian for a day, but Tennessee’s Ocoee River is one of them. This waterway hosted the whitewater events for the 1996 ...