Atlanta has a river, but that can be easy to forget. For most people, the Chattahoochee doesn’t play a huge role in their day-to-day lives, aside from its enormous but also often-forgotten importance as Atlanta’s chief source of drinking water.
For walking, boating or swimming, most people – if they’re going to the Chattahoochee – head up to the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, north of Interstate-285.
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