Little River (Oconee County, South Carolina)

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Little River
River
Country USA
State South Carolina
Region Oconee County
Source Salem, South Carolina
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Mouth Seneca, South Carolina
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The Little River originally flowed 27.0 miles (43.5 km)[1] from its headwaters in northern Oconee County, South Carolina near Salem into the Keowee River northeast of Seneca.[2]

The Little River was dammed at Newry, South Carolina in the 1890s to power the Newry Mill of the Courtenay Manufacturing Company.[3]

In the early 1960s, the lower part of the Little River was flooded by the Lake Hartwell reservoir. In the early 1970s, the Little River Dam[4] was built upstream of Newry as one of two dams to form Lake Keowee. The upstream portion of the Little River remains free flowing.[5]

The Little River was in the heart of the Cherokee Lower Towns region. Several Cherokee towns were located along the river.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 26, 2011
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