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From this historic site, the flow becomes generally more northerly, but still greatly meandering.

The Harpeth soon forms the line between Dickson County and Cheatham County for the last part of its course.

A few miles above the mouth are what are known as the Three Islands ; the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed siting a dam near this location on several occasions and even did some preliminary study toward one, but a favorable cost-benefit ratio could never be satisfactorily shown, and the project was never built.

Partially because of this fact, the lower portion of the Harpeth is very popular with canoeists and canoe outfitting businesses exist to rent canoes to them, which is a popular summertime activity with youth groups especially.