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

June 7, 2019 at 12:45 a.m. | Updated June 7, 2019 at 12:30 a.m.

by Staff photos by Doug Strickland

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.

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.