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The North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, in the U.S. State of South Carolina, features the salt marshes and ocean dominated tidal creeks of the North Inlet Estuary plus the brackish waters and marshes of the adjacent Winyah Bay Estuary. North Inlet is a relatively pristine system in which water and habitat quality are ...
This list of museums in South Carolina, United States, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Myrtle Heights section was opened in 1933 and the Oak Park Section was opened in 1935. The majority of these oceanside residences were built between about 1925 and 1945 and are two-story frame buildings, many of them with one- or two-story attached garages, two-story detached garage apartments, or one-story attached servants’ quarters.
Today, the first two islands and most of the third comprise the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center, as the islands were willed to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources by Tom Yawkey, [1] former owner of the Boston Red Sox. Winyah Bay is the fourth-largest estuary on the US East Coast, when classified by discharge rate. [2]
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Myrtle Beach is the largest principal city of the Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 463,209 in 2023, [7] and includes the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (Horry County) and the Murrells Inlet, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area (Georgetown County). [30 ...
Coastal South Carolina has been a staple in Abby Nurre’s life since the day she was born. In fact, she is a self proclaimed “loyal tourist” to Kiawah and has gone multiple times per year ...
An estuarium is a type of aquarium at an estuary where fresh and saltwater mix. It opened in 1988. [1] The estuarium has more than 200 scientific and historic exhibits on the ecology of North Carolina's estuaries, the Tar-Pamlico River, and Pamlico Sound including . Visitors can also walk a 3/4 mile boardwalk alongside Pamlico River.