location

WRONG!!! The location of the film was in the backwoods and mountains of North Carolina. It tells it in the DVD. And everybody knows that. But, the thing is, it does have a somewhat Northern atomosphere. Look on this website(www.imdb.com) and go to "Nell". It tells all about it. I think you should know some of this stuff.

"Quid Pro Quo, Doctor"
"Well Clairice. Have the lambs stopped screaming yet?"

If you under "other info" on the side menu of the Nell page it'll tell you the filming locations. Fontana Reservoir is beautiful (I live nearby in Waynesville, NC and have canoed parts of the lake), but it flooded an incredible river and submerged or cut off several towns. If you ever go there you should try to paddle up the Hazel Creek area, there's good fishing and you can walk through one of the abandoned towns named Proctor. Most of it's been burned down, but there's a house and the foundations of numerous buildings up in the woods. Apparently it's a pretty popular area for bears, so if you camp be careful (you have to get a free permit from the GSMNP, but that's not hard to do). I sort of have a love/hate relationship with the reservoirs around here, particularly Tellico (which is in E. Tennessee, but on the same river as Fontana). A lot of farmers were forced out, Cherokee sacred sites were destroyed, habitat was ruined, etc. but then there have been a lot of positive benefits for people around here as well (and there's just something about seeing the reflection of the mountains on the water that's just breathtaking). If you go to Robbinsville you should check out the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. It's a relatively crowded area, but has some of the best old-growth forest around here.
And Bigfoot, what's with the attitude man...M-J was just asking a question.