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    Blue Ridge

    National Heritage Area North Carolina

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Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

195 Hemphill Knob Road

Asheville, NC 28803

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Nantahala Rafting (photo courtesy of High Country Host)

Whitewater rafting was pioneered on the Nantahala River, in the North Carolina mountains- within the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.  The Nantahala is now the most popular whitewater river in the Southeast.