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Geese on the river

A deer out behind the house

Feeding out in the back yard.

At one of the local watering holes.

A gobbler turkey at home.

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The Coosawattee River Resort

The Coosawattee River Resort is located just a few miles outside of Ellijay and East Ellijay, Georgia in the beautiful North Georgia mountains only a short drive from Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, TN and Murphy, NC. Here you can experience all of the beauty of all four seasons, each with its own personality and weather.

The Coosawattee River Resort is a 8,500 + acre development consisting of more than 7,000 individual, privately owned lots divided by Twelve miles of the beautiful Coosawattee River. The Coosawattee is formed where the Ellijay and Cartecay river meet and then travels for six or seven miles where it becomes Carter's Lake, a gorgeous recreational lake formed by the Corps of Engineers.
We have over 300 miles of paved and gravel roads that can take you from urban congestion to primitive wilderness in minutes. Inside our boundaries you will find breathtaking views, noisy river lots, beautiful amenities, relaxing parks and camping sites and much, much more. You will also find wildlife of all descriptions - deer, wild turkeys, raccoons, bears, eagles, hawks and more, along with our stocked fishing pond for year around enjoyment.

One of the primary reasons our owners and guest choose the Coosawattee River Resort is because of our wonderful and varied amenities. Throughout the property you will find different amenities easily accessible from wherever you start. Our amenities range from indoor and outdoor swimming pools, camp sites, river parks, tubing (during the summer season), weight room, game rooms, miniature golf, shuffle board, horse shoe pits, tennis courts, basketball courts and volley ball court. We also offer Bingo nights and movie nights at the Rec Center every week.
The resort also is home to the Water Tower Conference Center. This facility, located on one of the highest peaks inside the property has some of the most breath-taking views available in the community. The Water Tower is used for a variety of functions and events, ranging from weddings, receptions, parties, showers, and seminars.

Ellijay, just 80 miles north of Atlanta and 65 miles south of Chattanooga, is a quaint little town that is rapidly growing but has not lost that small town feeling! There is still time for a friendly smile and greeting from the friendly people of Ellijay.

Known as the Apple Capital of Georgia, there's much more to the area than apples. There are the most beautiful mountains and rivers in North Georgia for boating, fishing, fly fishing, water skiing, hiking, cycling, kayaking, picnicking, hunting and camping.

MountainTown Creek.

Congressman Nathan Deal, in response to a grassroots movement in Gilmer County, has introduced a bill to establish the Mountaintown Creek Scenic Area. The bill provides specific protection for more than 13,000 acres of wild and remote national forest in the Cohutta mountains northwest of Ellijay, Ga.

The Mountaintown area abuts the Cohutta Wilderness. Steep slopes, old growth forests and pristine streams are special features in these two areas.

"The bill's provisions are more stringent that those outlined in current U.S. Forest Service plans and are deemed vital to safeguarding this unspoiled area for generations to come," says Beth Pigott, spokesperson for Friends of Mountaintown. Friends of Mountaintown is a community organization in Gilmer County that has been working on the Mountaintown protection measures for the past two years. Endorsements from the cities of Ellijay and East Ellijay, various civic groups, businesses and town leaders gave momentum to the interest group.

"This bill represents the culmination of many hours of hard work and negotiation with Representative Deal and the Forest Service,"

Pigott says. "It will provide long-term protection for this area from additional road-building and unnecessary logging, and will prove economically beneficial to Gilmer and the entire North Georgia region."

"We applaud Representative Deal's dedication to protecting downstream water supplies with this bill," says David Govus, a local hunter/fisherman. The headwaters of one of Georgia's premier trout streams, Mountaintown, originates in the proposed scenic area.

Govus also credits the Ellijay-based Georgia ForestWatch conservation group with providing expert support for assisting Friends of Mountaintown with creation of maps and interpretation of legislative language.

The legislation, introduced by Congressman Deal with Congressman Charlie Norwood as cosponsor, will also add some 8,000 acres of the Chattahoochee National Forest to the national Wilderness Protection System. This acreage was recommended for Wilderness protection by the Forest Service and consists of a variety of relatively small parcels that will be joined to existing Wilderness Areas in North Georgia. President Bush approved these additions in September of 2004.

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