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The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows 218 miles (351 km) [ 4 ] from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina , into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville forms the beginning of the Tennessee River .
Recreational rafting is popular in two sections of the river, the Upper and the Lower. Both sections are found in Hartford, Tennessee. The Upper section begins at the powerhouse (located right on the North Carolina/Tennessee border) and features up to Class III+ whitewater rapids. The Lower section features "more modest" waves. [13]
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French Broad River, Asheville, North Carolina - featuring a long run of varying difficulty, from flatwater runnable in a canoe to class IV rapids near Hot Springs, North Carolina and the border with Tennessee. The main drawbacks are that the water tends to be muddy or polluted and it is a natural flow river.
Believe it or not, the steamboat Mountain Lily took passengers on the French Broad River between Hendersonville and Brevard. WNC History: Steamboat Mountain Lily cruised the French Broad River 1881-85
The French Broad River reached over 16 feet by 11 am on Sept. 27, flooding most of the River Arts District, seen here from the Haywood Road bridge. 'When it floods, it floods bad'
The company typically sends around 900 people rafting on the French Broad River each October but has seen bookings evaporate. ... The French Broad normally runs at about 2,000 cubic feet per ...
French Broad watershed: North Carolina–South Carolina [specify] tributary of the Tennessee River along NC/SC border dividing mountain ridges running southeast meets Santee watershed flowing into Atlantic Sassafras Mountain: 3,564 feet (1,086 m)