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Nowhere else in the Smokies can you find as many ways to enjoy water as the Bryson City North Carolina area offers.
From mountain cascades and waterfalls to scenic rivers to the mighty Lake Fontana, you can fish, swim, ski, go boating, tubing, rafting and kayaking. Or if you’re more laid back, take an easy walk to three sparkling waterfalls just outside of town.
Bryson City’s got four exciting rivers, a deep mountain lake, and more crystal clear creeks than you can count.
Bryson City is a town in Swain County, North Carolina in the United States. The population was 1,411 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Swain County.
The town is surrounded on all sides by high mountains. The Great Smoky Mountains rise to the north, the Cowee Mountains rise to the south, and the Plott Balsams rise to the east. The boundary of the Nantahala National Forest passes just south of the city and the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park passes just to the north. The Qualla Boundary, which comprises the bulk of the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, dominates the area to the east.
The famous Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which opened in 1933, provides a major source of revenue for Swain County. Horace Kephart, an author and outdoors enthusiast who operated out of Bryson City for several years, was a key early proponent for the creation of the park. The Deep Creek section of the park, which is immediately north of Bryson City, is home to a large campground and multiple trailheads. The park’s main eastern entrance is located just a few miles east of Bryson City at Cherokee. Cherokee is also home to the southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The completion of Fontana Dam in 1944 inundated the only highway connecting Bryson City with the remote area of the Smokies known as the North Shore. The U.S. government began constructing a new highway in 1948, although work on this highway (known as Lakeview Drive) was embarrassingly slow. By 1972, only 7 miles (11 km) had been completed. Environmental and financial issues stalled the project, and the road became known to locals as “The Road to Nowhere”. In 2007, the National Park Service deemed the road’s construction to be in violation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s general management plan, and began working with Swain County to find an alternative.
The increasing popularity of the automobile led to a decline in railroad transportation, and Southern Railway (who had replaced the Western North Carolina Railroad) dropped passenger service in 1948. After Norfolk Southern ended freight traffic on the railroad in 1985, the state of North Carolina purchased the tracks. In 1988, a scenic line known as the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad was established with its depot and departure point in Bryson City.
There is a federal building and federal courthouse in Bryson City, located at 50 Main Street. The courthouse is in the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
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