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Santee State Park is in the Sandhills of South Carolina on the western edge of the 110,000-acre (445 km 2) Lake Marion. It is located off SC 6, three miles (5 km) northwest of the town of Santee and I-95. [3] The park offers boating, hiking, camping, birding, canoeing and kayaking.
The State of South Carolina has a group of protected areas managed by the South Carolina State Park Service (often abbreviated to SCPRT or Park Service).Formed in 1933 in conjunction with the formalization of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps program, the State Park Service is administered by the state's Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT).
It has become a resort town of note located centrally north-south along the Atlantic Seaboard of South Carolina. The region has been rural, with a primarily agricultural economy typical of Orangeburg County, but is now known primarily for its several golf courses in proximity to Lake Marion, Santee State Park and other Lake Marion attractions.
Santee Cooper Country is a tourism district in the south central area of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It surrounds the Santee Cooper Lakes, Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, which were formed from damming the Santee River and the Cooper River. This tourism district was created by the state legislature in 1962. [1]
The 195-acre park surrounds Biggin Creek, a swampy waterway that was once the site of America’s first summit-level canal. Old Santee Canal Park is a quiet oasis where nature and history can be ...
It lost its state charter in 1853. It was not used after 1865. Much of it was covered eventually by the reservoir Lake Moultrie. [4] [5] Additional pictures and information are available from the Historic American Buildings Survey at the Library of Congress. [6] Old Santee Canal Park is located in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The park is ...
Image credits: Collins, Marjory,, 1912-1985,, photographer Before color photography could exist, scientists had to first understand how light and color actually work. The journey began in the 17th ...
The refuge contains the Santee Native American mound, which is the farthest eastern known representation of the Mississippian culture. Later built upon this same mound was the Revolutionary British Fort Watson, which was taken by Marion's Brigade in April 1781. The site has been an important site of archeological investigations.