The Ocoee River hosted the whitewater kayaking events ... water because of the deal that we worked out with TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) 30 years ago,” McPherson says.

Tennessee Valley Authority bought it in 1939 and Ocoee ... White water rafting put the Ocoee River on the map. “These people started showing up, and they'd been out West, they were like, this ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority uses the Ocoee River, along with other Tennessee River tributaries and streams, to generate hydroelectric power at some of the cheapest power costs in the country.

The Ocoee River, just three hours from Huntsville ... according to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said it takes an army to keep the economic engine going, including ...

The Ocoee River is officially the most visited whitewater ... made possible through a collaborative effort by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ...

The river quietens between rapids, giving us time to joke and enjoy the valley's scenes. The Ocoee is flooded – it is a strange feeling as we are sail between the tops of trees of the Cherokee ...

A wooden flume used to transport water to generate power for the Tennessee Valley burst after a rockslide ... of gallons of water into the Ocoee River below early Wednesday afternoon.