The Savage River is located in Garrett County, Maryland and is the first large tributary of the North Branch of the Potomac River. It was named for eighteenth-century surveyor John Savage. Garrett County is the westernmost county of the state of Maryland. ... Upper part of the Potomac River The Potomac River flows into Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...
The river is a destination for whitewaterkayaking and has been used for U.S. Olympic Trials in that sport. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the Savage River Dam for flood control and recreation. This page discusses whitewater rapids. ... A kayak is a type of small human-powered boat. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ...
Located 113 km south west from Burnie, 269 km west from Launceston and 152 km north west of Queenstown, SavageRiver is basically a mining town which fluctuates according to the price of its minerals and the richness of its seams.
Further down river is the near-ghost town of Corinna (current population of 5) which is on the Pieman River.
The Pieman River gained its name from the notorious convict Alexander 'The Pieman' Pearce who was responsible for one of the few recorded instances of cannibalism in Australia.
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