Where was Deliverance filmed?
1972 film by John Boorman
Deliverance (1972) was filmed in Rabun County, Pickens County, Oconee County, Clayton, Salem, Chattooga River and 5 more places, 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 11 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Clayton
🇺🇸 United States
county seat in Rabun County, Georgia, USA
“The canoe scenes were filmed in the Tallulah Gorge southeast of Clayton on the Chattooga River, which divides the northeastern corner of Georgia from the northwestern corner of South Carolina.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rabun County
🇺🇸 United States
county in Georgia, United States
“Deliverance was shot primarily in Rabun County in northeastern Georgia.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Tallulah Gorge
🇺🇸 United States
gorge in northeast Georgia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chattooga River
🇺🇸 United States
tributary of Tugaloo River in the United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Salem
🇺🇸 United States
town in South Carolina, United States
“Additional scenes were shot in Salem, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Jocassee
🇺🇸 United States
Man-made lake in northwestern South Carolina
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🏙 Towns & cities
Oconee County
🇺🇸 United States
county in South Carolina, United States
“Parts of the film Deliverance were filmed on the Oconee side of the Chattooga River, including specifically some scenes shot in Salem.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pickens County
🇺🇸 United States
county in South Carolina, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Jocassee Dam
🇺🇸 United States
dam in Pickens/Oconee Counties, South Carolina
“The dam shown under construction is Jocassee Dam near Salem, South Carolina.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Coosawattee River
🇺🇸 United States
river in Georgia, United States
“The inspiration for the Cahulawassee River was the Coosawattee River, which was dammed in the 1970s and contained several dangerous whitewater rapids before being flooded by Carters Lake.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Carters Lake
🇺🇸 United States
reservoir in Gilmer and Murray counties in Georgia, United States
Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Rabun County United States
“Rabun was the primary shooting location for the 1972 film Deliverance and used many locals as extras, including Billy Redden.” Wikipedia
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Tallulah Gorge United States
“Parts of the 1972 film Deliverance were filmed in the gorge.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Deliverance have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.