Tuckasegee River
Upriver of Bryson City near US 19 bridge. Bryson City is a town in Swain County, North Carolina in the United States. US Route 19 is a north-south US Highway. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways the route has remained a long-haul route connecting Lake Erie with
Origin	Confluence of Panthertown and Greenland Creeks
Mouth	Fontana Lake on the Little Tennessee River
Mouth elevation	1709 ft (521 m) [1]

The Little Tennessee drainage basin, which includes the Tuckasegee River, located within the upper Tennessee drainage basin

The Tuckasegee River (also frequently spelled Tuckaseegee) flows in western North Carolina, USA. Confluence, in Geography, describes the meeting of two or more Bodies of water. Fontana Lake is a man made Lake on the Little Tennessee River located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River, approximately 135 miles (217 km long in the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States It begins its course in Jackson County, at the confluence of Panthertown and Greenland Creeks. Jackson County is a County located in the southwest of the US Confluence, in Geography, describes the meeting of two or more Bodies of water. It flows in a northwesterly direction into Swain County, where it enters the Little Tennessee River. Swain County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River, approximately 135 miles (217 km long in the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern

The name Tuckaseegee is an anglicization of the Cherokee word "daksi-yi" (pron. "dahkshi-yi" in the local Cherokee variety) which means Turtle Place. The river is dotted with Cherokee (and probably earlier) fishing weirs, many of which are only visible when water levels are low.

Canoeing, rafting and kayaking are among the recreational opportunities along the river. A kayak is a small human-powered Boat. It typically has a covered deck and a cockpit covered by a Spraydeck.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Tuckasegee River has also been known as:^[1]

• Tuckaseegee River
• Tuckaseigee River

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