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The Gasconade River is about 280 miles (450 km) long [1] and is located in central and south-central Missouri. [2] [3]The Gasconade River begins in the Ozarks southwest of Hartville in Wright County and flows generally north-northeastwardly through Wright, Laclede, Pulaski, Phelps, Maries, Osage and Gasconade counties, through portions of the Mark Twain National Forest.
It is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is primarily fed by the Toccoa River. Blue Ridge Lake was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam and has approximately 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 68,500 acre⋅ft (84,500 dam 3). The lake's levels fluctuate by about 20 feet (6.1 m) in a typical year.
Bald Ridge Creek; Bear Creek (Gasconade River tributary) Beaver Creek (Gasconade River tributary) Big Piney River; Boone Creek (Big Piney River tributary) Brush Creek (Osage Fork Gasconade River tributary) Buck Elk Creek
It continues east entering Pulaski County one half mile before entering the Gasconade under the Missouri Route 133 bridge south of Richland. [2] Bear Creek was named for the fact the area was a hunting ground of bears by pioneer settlers. [3]
It is a tributary of the Gasconade River. The stream headwaters are located at 38°25′03″N 91°54′42″W / 38.41750°N 91.91167°W / 38.41750; -91.91167 and the confluence with the Gasconade is at 38°22′57″N 91°49′19″W / 38.38250°N 91.82194°W / 38.38250; -
Blue Ridge is the home of the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, a restored railroad that features a four-hour, 26 mile roundtrip journey along the Toccoa River to the sister towns McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee. [8] The original tracks started in Marietta, Georgia, and reached Blue Ridge and the surrounding areas in 1886.