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Scenic, Recreational. Designated. September 25, 1998. The Lumber River, sometimes referred to as the Lumbee River, is a 133-mile-long (214 km) [5] river in south-central North Carolina in the flat Coastal Plain. European settlers first called the river Drowning Creek, which is still used as the name of its headwater.
Lake Waccamaw is a fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina.It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay lakes. [2] Although bay trees (Magnolia virginiana L., Gordonia lasianthus Ellis, and Persea) are present within many Carolina Bays, [3] the term "bay" does not refer to the trees but comes instead from an early science publication by Glenn (1895), who used the word ...
Atlantic Ocean. Chowan and lower Roanoke drainage basins. North Landing River. Northwest River. North River. Pasquotank River. Little River. Perquimans River. Yeopim River.
Website. www.ci.lumberton.nc.us. Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,025. [5] It is the seat of Robeson County's government. [6] Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lumber River. It was founded in 1787 by John Willis, an officer ...
Map of the Pee Dee River country and watershed. The Waccamaw River begins its course at Lake Waccamaw, a Carolina bay in Columbus County, North Carolina.Downstream it forms the county line between Columbus and Brunswick counties, flowing generally southwest and parallel to the coastline; it is separated from the ocean by approximately 15 miles (24 km).
The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows 218 miles (351 km) [ 4 ] from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville forms the beginning of the Tennessee River. The river flows through the counties of ...
Website. Falls Lake State Recreation Area. Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina in the United States. Near Wake Forest, North Carolina, it covers 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2) [1] along the shores of 12,410-acre (50.2 km 2) Falls Lake.
Badin Lake is one of a series of lakes created by the damming of the Yadkin - Pee Dee River in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of the United States. The Badin Lake Dam was built in 1917 to support local aluminum smelting plant, Alcoa, and the associated community of Badin was named for the founder, Adrien Badin. The power generation unit was sold to ...