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The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The water bordering the eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as Roanoke Sound (this is also a historical name for the entire body of water now known as Albemarle Sound [1] [2]). The long stretch of water from near the ...
The Scuppernong River is a blackwater river that flows through Tyrrell County and Washington County, North Carolina, into the Albemarle Sound. The river shares its name with the Scuppernong grapes native to the area. The river has a history closely linked to colonization and agricultural utilization.
Albemarle Sound • average: 619.03 cu ft/s (17.529 m 3 /s) at mouth with Albemarle Sound [6] Basin features; Progression: North: River system: Albemarle Sound: Tributaries • left: New Lake Fork Northwest Fork Gum Neck Creek Goose Creek Second Creek Little Alligator River • right: Swan Creek Whipping Creek Milltail Creek
The Blackwater River was an exception. It flowed south to Albemarle Sound. The Blackwater's headwaters were close to the main settlements along the James River (some within three miles). By the early 18th century, Virginians were living along the upper Blackwater River and using the river for travel and transportation.
Flowing for approximately 50 miles (80 km) before ending in the Albemarle Sound on North Carolina's coast, the river drains about 4,800 square miles (12,000 km 2) of land in North Carolina and Virginia. Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows to nearly two miles wide (3 km) at its opening to the ...
Lake Phelps is North Carolina's second largest natural lake. It has a surface area of 16,600 acres (67 km 2), [1] and is located primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound.
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In 1987, Congress declared the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound an "estuary of national significance." [3] For vacationers to the Outer Banks, the Pamlico Sound is a "watersports playground" providing opportunities for fishing and crabbing, boating, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, kiteboarding, parasailing, paddleboarding, and more. [5]