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Place Description
Big Spring Gap

E Mitchell County at the head of Big Spring Creek.

Big Stamp

a peak in the Valley River Mountains on the Cherokee-Clay county line.

Big Stamp Knob

on the Cherokee-Clay county line.

Big Stonehouse Creek

See Stonehouse Creek.

Big Swag

peak of Round Mountain Ridge in NW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Alt. 3,685.

Big Swag Branch

rises in central Jackson County and flows N into Bear Creek.

Big Swag Gap

See Beech Gap.

Big Swamp

rises in W Sampson County and flows S into South River.

Big Tom

peak in Mount Mitchell State Park, S Yancey County. One of two peaks known as Black Brothers until 1947, when renamed in honor of Thomas "Big Tom" David Wilson (1825-1909), bear hunter and guide who found the body of Elisha Mitchell on July 7, 1857, after he had fallen to his death on Mount Mitchell. Known earlier as Hairy Bear Mountain.

Big Tomahawk Creek

See Troublesome Creek.