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2. U.S. National Whitewater Center - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is a not-for-profit outdoor recreation and athletic training facility for whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and ice skating which opened to the public in 2006. [1]

3. Watauga River - Wikipedia

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   The picturesque Class II+ Bee Cliff Rapids on the Watauga River (also referred to the "Anaconda Rapids" by some North Carolina-based rafting companies) are found downstream between Wilbur Dam and the Siam Bridge, southeast of Elizabethton. [16] Raft guide, Trey Boggs, plunging whitewater rafters downstream through "The Big Hole" in the Bee ...

4. Ocoee Whitewater Center - Wikipedia

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   The popular rafting industry generates enough revenue to partially compensate the Tennessee Valley Authority for lost electricity, but slalom athletes need a cheaper place to practice. In 2006, the U.S. National Whitewater Center was built in Charlotte, North Carolina, with an Olympic-standard whitewater course watered by three half-megawatt pumps.

5. Toccoa/Ocoee River - Wikipedia

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   The Ocoee is known for its Class III-V whitewater rapids, appealing to kayakers and rafting enthusiasts. It is also home to the local salamander, Desmognathus ocoee. The upper section of the Ocoee was host to whitewater slalom events during the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics held primarily in Atlanta, about 100 miles (160 km) to the south.

6. Nantahala, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   The Nantahala Gorge provides the state of North Carolina with its first canopy tour. The Nantahala Gorge Canopy Tours opened July, 2009 and is the first zipline/canopy tour facility in the area. The attraction is a three-hour or half a mile (20 acres) experience that simulates flying and is naturally fueled by gravity with a gradual 3 percent ...

7. Whitewater rafters aim to bridge partisan divide on Nantahala ...

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   Whitewater rafters aim to bridge partisan divide on Nantahala River trip. Major Garrett. September 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM. ... North Carolina rafting trip seeks to bridge divides.

8. Macon County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,014. [1] Its county seat is Franklin. [2] The Nantahala River runs through Macon County, flowing into the Little Tennessee River in Swain County. The Nantahala is one of the most popular whitewater rafting destinations in the ...

9. Heroes and heartbreak: 36 hours of hell during Helene's ... - AOL

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   As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other. Heroes and heartbreak: 36 hours of hell during Helene's historic ...