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The Shallotte River name dates back to at least 1734. [1] According to some accounts, the waterway was once known as the "Charlotte River", a name coined by a traveler who crossed it by ferry. [1] Over time the word Charlotte morphed into Shallotte. [7] Another explanation is the river was so named on account of there being wild shallots along ...
Lake Waccamaw State Park is a North Carolina state park in Columbus County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near the town of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina , it covers 2,398-acre (9.70 km 2 ), [ 3 ] along the shores of Lake Waccamaw , a Carolina bay .
Shallotte (/ ʃ ə ˈ l oʊ t / shuh-LOHT) [3] is a town in western Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The Shallotte River passes through the town.
The 65-acre Swamp Park made international news in 2018 when it became one of the first sites in the world to document alligators had mysteriously found a way to adapt to sudden freezes. The ...
A former restaurant building in Shallotte will soon be repurposed into a funeral home. Since the popular Chance's Steak and Sea restaurant closed in April 2023, its former home at 4690 East Coast ...
Mingo Swamp rises about 2.5 miles northeast of Coats, North Carolina on the Black Creek divide on the Johnston-Harnett County line. Mingo Swamp begins flowing in a southwest direction, then flows southeast to meet the Black River and form the South River, approximately 1 mile northeast of Falcon, North Carolina.
Supply is a small unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, located around the intersection of US 17 (Ocean Highway) and NC 211 (Southport-Supply Road/Green Swamp Road). Its name is derived from the use of the Lockwoods Folly River as a trade route in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1]
The Shade Swamp Shelter was located in southwestern Farmington, a largely rural-suburban area. It stood at the southern end of the Shade Swamp Wildlife Management area, a 174-acre (70 ha) state-owned area bounded on the south by US 6, and the west by New Britain Avenue, with the Pequabuck River draining most of its swampland near its eastern edge.