Canoochee

The Canoochee River flows through the wooded lowlands of southeastern Georgia to join the Ogeechee before its waters reach the Atlantic. The rivers furnished fish and served as routes of travel and exchange. Near the coast, the Ogeechee marked the northern edge of the Guale country, whose communities occupied both the mainland and the offshore islands. Spanish missions were established among the Guale in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.