This report contains information on the history of stream navigation on two river systems in Georgia. These are the Chattahoochee River, north of Columbus to its headwaters, and the Toccoa River (in its entirety). Additional historical and archival research may yield important documents that would verify past navigation activities and various river improvements and topographic conditions. Particularly, the U.S.C.O.E. report and map series on the upper Chattahoochee River, filed by P.M. Churchill, Jr., would be an important set of documents to secure. The present researchers and NARA administrators were unable to locate these records. According to Churchill's correspondence to his former employer, this report and map series were filed with the U.S.C.O.E. office in Montgomery, Alabama. The Army's jurisdiction of the Chattahoochee River was subsequently transferred to the Mobile District. Additional examination of the records of the Montgomery District (RG 77.10.32) may result in the location of these elusive documents.
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