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The river flows through the territory of the historic Pee Dee tribe, and is named after them. The Pee Dee were a part of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. The first Europeans believed to have possibly navigated part of the river was a party sent by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón in 1521. [6] Snow's Island is a large island at the Pee Dee ...
Along the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers, near Georgetown, South Carolina; also 1 Ave. of Live Oaks Coordinates 33°12′09″N 79°19′58″W / 33.20250°N 79.33278°W / 33.20250; -79
The Pee Dee is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1] It lies along the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River , which was named after the Pee Dee , an Indigenous tribe historically inhabiting the region.
The Little Pee Dee River begins in eastern North Carolina before crossing into South Carolina’s Pee Dee region. The river travels about 118 miles to its confluence with the Great Pee Dee River ...
Winyah Bay is a coastal estuary that is the confluence of the Waccamaw River, the Pee Dee River, the Black River, and the Sampit River in Georgetown County, in eastern South Carolina. Its name comes from the Winyaw, who inhabited the region during the eighteenth century.
When the Waccamaw moved to the Black River in 1718, the Winyaw may have felt crowded, for they apparently helped the English in the Waccamaw War during 1720. [6] A 1722 map depicts the Winyaw staying on the south side of the Pee Dee River. [6] Nothing more is known of the Winyaw as they disappeared as a distinct entity.
Naval stores in the 1880s consisted of products from the prolific long leaf pine forest that dominated the area. Sap bled from the trees produces turpentine, pitch, and tar, all of which were transported down the Pee Dee River to Georgetown to be used on the hulls of wooden boats to prevent marine worm infestation.
Snow's Island is an area of swampy lowlands along the Pee Dee River in Florence County, South Carolina.The area is historically significant as the headquarters during the American Revolutionary War for forces led by Francis Marion (1732-1795), a South Carolina militia officer who is celebrated as the "Swamp Fox."