The New International Encyclopædia/Great Pedee River

GREAT PEDEE′ RIVER. The name of the Yadkin River after it enters South Carolina (Map: South Carolina, E 2). The stream rises in the Blue Ridge in northwestern North Carolina, and flows through the State in a south-southeast direction. In South Carolina it receives the tributaries Little Pedee and Waccamaw, and empties into the Winyaw Bay at Georgetown. It is navigable for 150 miles.