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woman named Sharlot Vickery who lived in present-day Roswell and owned much of the land around the creek. The creek was originally called Cedar Creek; however, the name was changed to Vickery some time after the arrival of
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is an under construction multi-use trail with two completed sections along Big Creek (formerly known as Vickery Creek). The creek has a history of
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Much of the land east of the creek and west of Grimes Bridge Road in Roswell forms the Vickery Creek unit of the
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Hog Wallow Creek is a major tributary that enters in Roswell, just north of the Chattahoochee River.
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This article is about the North Georgia creek. For the Forsyth County community, see
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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crosses the river. Its source is located just north of the intersection of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vickery Creek
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The creek also became known as Big Creek at some point after the
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Mouth of Vickery Creek at Chattahoochee River, Roswell, Georgia
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along the local bike path: the Greenway along Big Creek in
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7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1999 (2003 rev)
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Big Creek CCD, Georgia

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Cumming, Georgia
U.S. Route 19
34°11′25″N 84°08′32″W / 34.19028°N 84.14222°W / 34.19028; -84.14222
Mouth
Chattahoochee River
34°00′18″N 84°20′57″W / 34.00500°N 84.34917°W / 34.00500; -84.34917
stream
Forsyth
Fulton
Georgia
Chattahoochee River
Roswell
State Route 9
Georgia State Route 9
Georgia State Route 20
Cumming
Cherokee
Roswell King
American Civil War

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Big Creek Greenway
flooding
Alpharetta


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