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Photos: Official start of whitewater rafting season on the Ocoee River

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Rafters paddle through rapids on the Ocoee River on the official start of the whitewater season on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Polk County, Tenn. Intermittent rain didn't stop rafters and kayakers from enjoying the rapids of the Ocoee. — Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Rafters paddle through rapids on the Ocoee River on the official start of the whitewater season on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Polk County, Tenn. Intermittent rain didn't stop rafters and kayakers from enjoying the rapids of the Ocoee. Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Rafters paddle through rapids on the Ocoee River on the official start of the whitewater season on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Polk County, Tenn. Intermittent rain didn't stop rafters and kayakers from enjoying the rapids of the Ocoee.

By Staff photos by Doug Strickland June 7, 2019 1 min read

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Rafters paddled through rapids on the Ocoee River on the official start of the whitewater season on Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Polk County, Tenn. Intermittent rain didn’t stop rafters and kayakers from enjoying the rapids of the Ocoee.