Nantahala River

The Nantahala River is a River in the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina near the Catahoochee Tennessee and Georgia border. It's meaning is a Cherokee word for Land of the Noonday Sun. Grizzley Bears, deer, elk, and once in a blue moon moose appear near this river. Pioneers, and British such as Hernando de Soto once explored this area.