in Cape Fear River at the junction of Chatham, Harnett, and Lee Counties. Mentioned as early as 1819 in a survey of the major rivers of North Carolina. Since 1908 the site of a power-generating plant operated by what is now Progress Energy. Navigation locks built there as early as 1805; iron ore mined nearby during the Civil War.

SE Macon County.

N Transylvania County between the head of Avery Creek and Rich Mountain.

See Cokesbury.

N Caldwell County. Named by Bryson Coffey about 1870 for a big pair of antlers that he found there. Alt. approx. 1,500.

SE Chatham and NE Lee Counties on Cape Fear River. Formed by a dam constructed in 1907, the lake covers 400 acres, with a max. depth of 21 ft. Used to generate hydroelectric power.

S Macon County between Buckhorn Gap and Cullasaja River.

NE Cherokee County in the Valley River Mountains.

E Swain County between First Hurricane Branch and Second Hurricane Branch.

rises in NE Robeson County and flows SE into Gallberry Swamp.