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Place Description
Big Pisgah

See Mount Pisgah.

Big Pisgah Mountain

W Transylvania County between Panthertail Mountain and West Fork French Broad River.

Big Pocosin

a sand and swamp pocosin in NE Craven County and S Beaufort County.

Big Pond Branch

rises in central Columbus County and flows SW into Beaverdam Swamp.

Big Poplar Creek

rises in S Yancey County and flows NE into Sugar Camp Creek.

Big Porpoise Bay

in Pamlico Sound on the E side of Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico County.

Big Raft Swamp

rises in S Hoke County and flows SE into Robeson County, where it enters Lumber River.

Big Rattlesnake Branch

rises in NE Buncombe County and flows S into Swannanoa River.

Big Ridge

SE Yancey County parallel to Roaring Fork.

Big Ridge Mine

on the head of Deep Gap Creek, S Haywood County. An old source of feldspar and mica operated most recently during World War II.