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The river passes through downtown Murphy, North Carolina, where it flows past a site famous in Cherokee Indian mythology. The legend tells of a house-sized leech that could command the waters and use them to sweep hapless people to the bottom of the river and consume them. It was known as Tlanusi-yi, "The Leech Place."
The river is popular for whitewater rafting, whitewater canoeing, and whitewater kayaking. Trout fishing is very popular with many outfitters located near the river.
The HiwasseeRiver flows under the Interstate 75 overpass between McMinn and Bradley counties in Tennessee, which was the site of a fatal 99-vehicle accident in December 1990.
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