Chattooga River - Deliverance

"The film was made on location up in the northeastern corner of Georgia, around Rabun Gap and Clayton in Rabun County, towards the border with the Carolinas. The fictitious ‘Cahulawassee River’ down which Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Ed (Jon Voight) and co canoe is, for the most part, the Chattooga River, defining the state’s border with South Carolina, and flowing south into Lake Tugaloo. The section of river used in the film is the roughly 10-mile stretch south from Earl’s Ford Road, running beneath Highway 76, Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway, to Lake Tugaloo itself. Although the Chattooga has its share of famous rapids – which include Bull Sluice and Five Falls – the movie was filmed at the less well known Screaming Left Turn, Raven Rock and the striking geological formation now inevitably known as Deliverance Rock." - movie-locations.com