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Big Swag GapSee Beech Gap.
Big Swamprises in W Sampson County and flows S into South River.
Big Swampis formed in E Robeson County by the junction of Big Marsh Swamp and Gallberry Swamp. It flows SW into Lumber River. Its E high-water line forms the boundary between Bladen and Robeson Counties and a part of the Cumberland-Robeson county line.
Big Swamprises in NW Brunswick County and flows SW into Juniper Creek for a distance of several mi.; it forms a part of the boundary between Brunswick and Columbus Counties.
Big Tompeak 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 CreekSee Troublesome Creek.
Big Tomahawk Creekrises in S Sampson County and flows S to join Little Tomahawk Creek in forming Tomahawk Creek.
Big Warrior MountainS Polk County, W of town of Tryon. Named for Big Wayah (wolf), chief of the Cherokee Indians. Alt. 2,466.
Big White Oak Creekrises in W Wake County and flows S and SW into Chatham County, where it enters New Hope River.
Big White Pocosinsandy pocosin in SE Cumberland County.