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[edit] Smokies and Blue Ridge

The Great Smoky Mountains article implies that the Blue Ridge is a separate range, while the Blue Ridge Mountains article says that the Blue Ridge Mountains include the Smokies. Can anyone offer some insight on resolving this?

The USGS defines the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province as including the Great Smoky Mountains. Many sources for this. Here's the first I found:

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_appalachians.html

Which says part way down:

"Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies within the Appalachian Blue Ridge geologic and physiographic province."

Pfly 19:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The Blue Ridge Mountains officially include the Smokies, but the term "Blue Ridge Mountains" is usually used generically to refer to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and southern Virginia. Part of the nomenclature mix-up is due to the route of the Blue Ridge Parkway running from Virginia to North Carolina, and barely touching the Smokies (which is a separate national park).

Bms4880 10:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Smoky Mountain Picture

I have a picture that might go well with this article. Would this be worthwhile? [1]

ReverieHikes 04:50, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

That's a beautiful addition -- thank you so very much! --A. B. ^(talk) 00:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Digital Image Collection for park photos

I'd like to suggest linking to this site:  :http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=rth;page=index;sid=18d128ac1737555c9aca37ff897cd81c;g=gsmc because it offers some historic photos of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.171.99.31 (talk) 04:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Great find. I added the link to the entire project. The project's old Arrowmont site went defunct a few months ago, but I see it has all been integrated into this one large site. Bms4880 (talk) 03:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)