| Preface | viii | Neuse Basin | 219 | |
| Introduction | ix | Brice Creek | 220 | |
| Contentnea Creek | 223 | |||
| North Carolina | 1 | Crabtree Creek | 234 | |
| River Basins | 3 | Eno River | 239 | |
| Paddling Safety | 6 | Flat River | 247 | |
| River Rating Systems | 13 | Little River (near Durham) | 251 | |
| Paddlers’ Rights | 15 | Little River (near Goldsboro) | 255 | |
| Paddling Courtesy | 17 | Neuse River | 263 | |
| River Camping | 18 | Trent River | 283 | |
| River Gauges | 20 | |||
| Water Quality | 24 | Pasquotank Basin | 289 | |
| River Selection | 27 | Alligator River | 290 | |
| River Descriptions | 31 | Jean Guite Creek | 294 | |
| Little River | 297 | |||
| Cape Fear Basin | 39 | Milltail Creek | 299 | |
| Black River | 40 | Perquimans River | 303 | |
| Cape Fear River | 49 | Scuppernong River | 306 | |
| Deep River | 67 | |||
| Great Coharie Creek | 80 | Roanoke Basin | 311 | |
| Haw River | 85 | Cashie River | 312 | |
| Holly Shelter Creek | 98 | Dan River | 315 | |
| Little Coharie Creek | 102 | Gardner Creek | 327 | |
| Lower Little River | 105 | Mayo River | 330 | |
| Moores Creek | 111 | Roanoke River | 336 | |
| New Hope Creek | 114 | Sweetwater Creek & Devil’s Gut | 348 | |
| Northeast Cape Fear River | 117 | |||
| Rockfish Creek | 128 | Tar-Pamlico Basin | 353 | |
| Rocky River | 131 | Chicod Creek | 354 | |
| Six Runs Creek | 137 | Fishing Creek | 356 | |
| South River | 141 | Little Fishing Creek | 362 | |
| Town Creek | 150 | Pungo River | 365 | |
| Upper Little River | 154 | Tar River | 368 | |
| Tranters Creek | 384 | |||
| Chowan Basin | 157 | |||
| Bennetts Creek | 158 | White Oak Basin | 387 | |
| Chowan River | 161 | New River | 388 | |
| Dillard Creek | 166 | Newport River | 392 | |
| Meherrin River | 169 | White Oak River | 395 | |
| Merchants Millpond | 173 | |||
| Potecasi Creek | 176 | Yadkin-Pee Dee Basin | 401 | |
| Warwick & Catherine Creeks | 178 | Ararat River | 402 | |
| Wiccacon River | 180 | Buffalo Creek | 405 | |
| Elk Creek | 408 | |||
| Lumber Basin | 185 | Fisher River | 411 | |
| Big Swamp | 186 | Mitchell River | 414 | |
| Drowning Creek | 188 | Rocky River | 417 | |
| Lockwoods Folly River | 191 | South Yadkin River | 423 | |
| Lumber River | 195 | Uwharrie River | 428 | |
| Waccamaw River | 210 | Yadkin River | 433 | |
| Appendix A - State Water Trails | 450 | |||
| Appendix B - USGS Gauges | 451 | |||
| Appendix C - Books and Maps | 456 | |||
| Appendix D - Organizations | 460 | |||
| Index - Basins and Rivers | 468 | |||