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68-491: 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). It enters South Carolina and flows southwest across Horry County , past Conway . Near Burgess , it

136-406: A caboose , information on local industries including turpentine , cypress shingles , logging, and tool manufacturing, along with many old photographs. The hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM and Sundays from 3 to 5 PM. Admission is free. The museum is handicapped accessible. There are many theories regarding the formation of Lake Waccamaw. One legend told is the story where

204-440: A shoreline of about 14 miles (23 km). The marginal 70% of the lake bottom is composed of clear sand, whereas the central 30% is overlaid with a deposit of fibrous and pulpy peat. The lake is fed mainly by Big Creek and the surrounding swamp lands . The organic matter from the decaying vegetation of the swamps makes the water tea-colored. The lake is full of life. Unlike most of the other Carolina Bay lakes, Lake Waccamaw gets

272-542: A 0.3–1.2 m thick unit of sand and silty sand (lacustrine deposits and paleosols) that rests on an unconformity above an undisturbed unit of gray clay and sandy clay (with marine shells and burrows) of Pleistocene age. Cores from the adjacent sand rims revealed a 2.6–2.9 m thick unit of silt, sand silt, and silty sand (interpreted as paleosols, shoreline, loess, and eolian deposits) that rests on an unconformity above an undisturbed unit of gray clay and sandy clay (with marine shells and burrows) of Pleistocene age (the same unit that

340-473: A 1.5–3.2 m thick unit of sand, sandy silt, and silty sand (lacustrine deposits) that rests on an unconformity above an undisturbed unit of saprolite (weathered felsic gneiss). These lacustrine deposits yielded a radiocarbon age of ~21,920 years BP. Cores and augers from the adjacent sand rims revealed a 1.5–4.0 m thick unit of muddy sand, sand, and gravel that rests on an unconformity above an undisturbed unit of saprolite/weathered felsic gneiss (the same unit that

408-564: A diversity of unusual mollusks. Genetic analysis shows that the mussel species reported as endemic are not distinct from populations outside the lake, but many of the freshwater mollusks and fish found in the lake are imperiled, especially with declining water quality. Fifteen species of mussels and clams are reported from the lake. And, of the 11 snail species, the Waccamaw amnicola and siltsnail are also one-of-a-kind species. Alligators are also found at Lake Waccamaw. The lack of rain in

476-428: A harder substrate that does not show signs of deformation or other disturbance. The composition and the age of this harder substrate varies from location to location. Stratigraphic relations of some Carolina bays with fields of eolian dunes in river valleys suggest that Carolina bays formed episodically during different times at different places. For example: Cores taken within several Carolina bays have revealed

544-553: A hundred thousand years ago and have since been episodically modified. Recent work by the U.S. Geological Survey has interpreted the Carolina bays as relict thermokarst lakes that have been modified by eolian and lacustrine processes. Modern thermokarst lakes are common today around Barrow (Alaska), and the long axes of these lakes are oblique to the prevailing wind direction. These lakes develop by thawing of frozen ground, with subsequent modification by wind and waves. Thus,

612-528: A large bay in Georgetown County, South Carolina , was used as a bombing practice range during World War II . It has been drained and is mostly used for tree farming today. Others are used for vegetable or field crops with drainage . A study of bays located on the Delmarva peninsula estimated that 70% had been partially or fully converted to agriculture. In South Carolina, Woods Bay , on

680-566: A meter during dry spells, occasionally exposing the sand terraces. The dam was renovated in 2008 to help restore control of the lake water levels. The Lake Waccamaw Depot museum , housed in a 1904 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot, is on the National Register of Historic Places . Exhibits include a 300-year-old Indian canoe and marine fossils recovered from the lake, natural history specimens, Waccamaw Siouan Indian artifacts, early European settler artifacts, railroad including

748-501: A portion of the habitat for conservation and preservation. They control land along the Waccamaw, the lower Pee Dee and Little Pee Dee rivers for habitat preservation. A much larger area was acquired by the federal government for the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge , established in 1997 near the confluence of these three rivers. Originally consisting of 22,931 acres (92.80 km), it is planned to have

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816-512: A sand rim at the margin of this Carolina has yielded an OSL age of ~23,600 years ago. Basal peat bog sediment within this Carolina bay yielded an age of ~8,600 radiocarbon years ago. In a study of several Carolina bays in North Carolina, Gamble et al. (1977) stated that drilling and coring indicated that the bedding and sediments underlying Carolina bays are undisturbed. Studies by Frey, Watts, and Whitehead have also documented that

884-464: A single core, most radiocarbon dates are typically consistent in terms of their stratigraphic position within a core, and accumulation rates calculated from them only are rarely anomalous. Given the nature of radiocarbon dating, discordant dates occasionally occur even in undisturbed deposits, when multiple samples were dated. The occasional discordant dates by themselves are meaningless as an indicator of disturbance. The intact internal stratigraphy of

952-512: A stratigraphically consistent series of pollen zones, which increased in age consistently with depth from Holocene Stage to the Wisconsin Stage, back into marine isotope stage 5 Flamingo Bay (Aiken County, South Carolina): A core (C1) taken within this Carolina bay revealed a 0.94 m thick unit of quartz sand that rests on an unconformity (paleosol) above an undisturbed unit of sandy silt and clay of Eocene age. Charcoal samples within

1020-565: A stratigraphy of a few meters of sand and/or mud resting on a unconformity above a harder substrate. Carolina bays for which the stratigraphy has been described in some detail include Lake Mattamuskeet ( Hyde County , North Carolina), Wilson's Bay ( Johnston County , North Carolina), Herndon Bay ( Robeson County , North Carolina), Big Bay (Sumter County, South Carolina), Flamingo Bay ( Aiken County , South Carolina), and Duke's Pond (Tattnall County, Georgia). Lake Mattamuskeet (Hyde County, North Carolina): Cores from within this Carolina bay revealed

1088-526: A total of 50,000 acres (200 km). 33°21′31″N 79°15′24″W  /  33.3585005°N 79.2567169°W  / 33.3585005; -79.2567169 Lake Waccamaw Lake Waccamaw is a fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina . It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay lakes. Although bay trees ( Magnolia virginiana L. , Gordonia lasianthus Ellis , and Persea ) are present within many Carolina Bays,

1156-541: Is joined from the northwest by the Great Pee Dee River , which rises in north central North Carolina . It continues southwest, separated from the ocean by only five miles (8 km) in a long tidal estuary . The long narrow point of land along the ocean formed by the lower river is called Waccamaw Neck . At Georgetown it receives the Black River (South Carolina) from the north, then turns sharply to

1224-400: Is necessary for Canby's Dropwort and many of the other species unique to the environment. Most geologists today interpret the Carolina bays as relict geomorphological features that developed via various eolian and lacustrine processes. Multiple lines of evidence, e.g. radiocarbon dating , optically stimulated luminescence dating, and palynology , indicate that the Carolina bays predate

1292-502: Is sometimes attributed to the writings of the English explorer John Lawson , who explored North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia during the early 18th century. This attribution, however, is not correct. Lawson described visiting a swamp that contained bay trees , but there is no indication that he wanted to name the swamp with the word "bay". Furthermore, Lawson said that this swamp had steep margins and that he could see mountains to

1360-571: Is the pleasantist place that I have ever seen". There is, however, no evidence of this quote in his writings. The origin of the quote is perhaps explained by The News Reporter which states, "N.C. State University researcher John A. McGeachy seems to have found it in his paper “Travel on the Cape Fear River in the Colonial Period". A group of at least 14 men traveled the area with Nathaniel Moore in 1733. The publication from that trip

1428-596: The Carolina pygmy sunfish and the American black bear . "Extensive forest communities cover the Waccamaw floodplain, including cypress-gum swamp and bottomland hardwood forests. The bottomland hardwood forests of the Waccamaw are unique in the Carolinas in containing abundant Atlantic white cedar and live oaks, along with the more typical laurel and overcup oak and loblolly pine." The Nature Conservancy has acquired

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1496-516: The Lord Proprietors who made individual grants to those willing to settle in this part of the new world. These large grants were divided among heirs and new settlers. By the mid-18th century, few of the early settlers or their descendants were left around the lake area. They were replaced by people such as John Powell, who brought cattle from Virginia to settle his grant of land. There is a quote attributed to John Bartram stating, "This

1564-699: The Sumter - Florence county line near Olanta , was designated a state park to preserve it as much as possible in its natural state. Also, 66 Bennett's Bay, near Manning , in Clarendon County, South Carolina , is a designated Heritage Preserve. Another bay in Bamberg County, South Carolina is owned by the South Carolina Native Plant Society, which has been developing a 52-acre (210,000 m ) preserve called

1632-828: The 0.94 m thick unit of quartz sand yielded radiocarbon ages of ~4,500 to 2,500 years BP. A core (P25) taken from adjacent sand rim revealed a 1.85 m thick unit of Quaternary sand that rests on an unconformity (paleosol) above an undisturbed unit of sandy silt and clay of Eocene age (the same unit that was encountered in core C1 from within the Carolina bay). Moore et al. (2012) reported that sediment samples from sand ridges associated with this Carolina bay have yielded five OSL ages of ~15,000 years ago; ~13,100 years ago; ~11,500 years ago; ~9,200 years ago; and ~5,000 years ago. Brooks et al. (2010) reported that sediment samples from sand ridges associated with this Carolina Bay yielded OSL ages of ~108,700 years ago; and ~40,300 years ago. Duke's Pond (Tattnall County, Georgia): A sediment sample from

1700-550: The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the orientation of the long axes of Carolina bays varies by 10 to 15 degrees. If the long axes of these Carolina bays, as measured by Johnson (1942), are projected westward, then they generally converge in the area of southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio . At the northern end of the distribution of Carolina bays, within the Delmarva Peninsula and New Jersey ,

1768-495: The Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown, South Carolina Lake Waccamaw has a broad, flat bottom of gyttja (mud) and peat , encircled by sandy shallows and submerged sandy terraces that extend up to 1,650 ft (500 m) offshore. The lake is oval in shape, measuring roughly 5.2 miles (8.4 km) by 3.5 miles (5.6 km), covering 8,938 acres (3,617 ha) surface area with an average depth of 7.5 feet (2.3 m) and

1836-521: The Carolina Bays during the last ice age and (or) previous ice ages. The lake has been estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000 years old. It is underlain by strata containing fossils of various ages, including the lower Pliocene Goose Creek Limestone and the lower Pleistocene Waccamaw Formation. In 2008, a whale fossil was found in the lake. Scientists have removed the bones of a whale that they say may date back 1 - 3 million years. The skull of

1904-514: The Carolina bay sediments, as indicated by paleosols and pollen zones (e.g. Big Bay ) refutes such arguments. As discussed by Gaiser, radiocarbon dates reported from any Carolina bay are minimum dates for their formation. The radiocarbon dates only represent times during which organic matter accumulated and was preserved in Carolina bays. At other times, datable organic matter either might not have been preserved as sediment accumulated within them, or older organic matter might have been destroyed when

1972-554: The Creator sent the meteor as punishment. To this day, the Waccamaw Siouan people remember the stories told. Another legend is recorded in the book Recollections and Records. In the book the lake's origin is described in terms of a European-American romantic myth. According to local tradition , the large and beautiful lake was once a mound of flowers. The keeper of this beautiful garden was an American Indian princess who

2040-532: The Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay, which is trying to preserve and increase the federally endangered wildflower Oxypolis canbyi (Canby's Dropwort) in the bay. The uplands area surrounding the bay is being restored from a loblolly pine plantation to the original longleaf pine . Included in the longleaf restoration is the restoration of wiregrass ( Aristida beyrichiana ) as a key understory plant. Its flammability aids in periodic burning, which

2108-412: The average orientation of the long axes abruptly shifts by about 112 degrees to N48°E. Farther north, the orientation of the long axes becomes, at best, distinctly bimodal, exhibiting two greatly divergent directions, and, at worst, completely random, lacking any preferred direction. Plate 3 of Rasmussen and Slaughter, which is reproduced as Figure 51 of Kacrovowski, illustrates the disorganized nature of

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2176-476: The average trend of the long axes also corresponds with a shift in the average inferred direction of movement of Pleistocene parabolic sand dunes such that their direction of movement is also oblique to the long axes, as is the case in the rest of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Alternative interpretations of Carolina bays that are no longer viewed favorably by most geologists include: Other landform depressions, not widely accepted as Carolina bays, are present within

2244-415: The bays dried out. During times when the water table was below the bottom of a Carolina bay (e.g., possibly during glacial periods when sea level was 130 meters (400 ft) below present), organic matter could have been destroyed by oxidization and weathering. Also, during such times, eolian processes could have eroded any existing sediments at the bottom of Carolina bays. There are some who suggest that

2312-915: The bays' habitats include birds, such as wood storks , herons , egrets , and other migratory waterfowl , mammals such as deer , black bears , raccoons , skunks , and opossums . Other residents include dragonflies , green anoles and green tree frogs . The bays contain trees such as black gum , bald cypress , pond cypress, sweet bay , loblolly bay , red bay , sweet gum , maple , magnolia , pond pine , and shrubs such as fetterbush , clethra , sumac , button bush , zenobia, and gallberry . Plants common in Carolina bays are water lilies , sedges and various grasses . Several carnivorous plants inhabit Carolina bays, including bladderwort , butterwort , pitcher plant , and sundew . Some bays have been greatly modified by human activities including farming , highway building, and construction of housing developments and golf courses . For example, Carvers Bay,

2380-518: The classic area of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, many in groups aligned in a northwest–southeast direction. Generally the southeastern end has a higher rim composed of white sand. According to published papers and monographs, the average trend of the long axes of Carolina Bays varies from N16°W in east-central Georgia to N22°W in southern South Carolina, N39°W in northern South Carolina, N49°W in North Carolina, and N64°W in Virginia. Within this part of

2448-426: The creeks. Lake Waccamaw is one of the larger Carolina Bays. Recent work by the U.S. Geological Survey has interpreted the Carolina Bays formed several thousands of years ago when the climate was colder, drier, and windier. Thermokarst lakes develop by thawing of frozen ground (permafrost) and by subsequent modification by wind and water. Thus, this interpretation suggests that permafrost once extended as far south as

2516-516: The depression depth, size, hydrology , and subsurface. Many are marshy; a few of the larger ones are (or were before drainage) lakes; 14-square-mile (36 km ) Lake Waccamaw is an undrained example. Some bays are predominantly open water with large scattered pond cypress , while others are composed of thick, shrubby areas ( pocosins ), with vegetation growing on floating peat mats. The bays are especially rich in biodiversity , including some rare and/or endangered species . Species that thrive in

2584-570: The early 20th century, the Waccamaw's lower course in South Carolina forms part of what is now known as the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway . It joins the river from the northeast at Bucksport, South Carolina . Long important to trade and transportation, the waterway also began to be recognized for its recreational uses. In addition, the river's extensive wetlands provide habitat for diverse species, including

2652-477: The eastern portion of North Carolina during 2007 affected the water level in Lake Waccamaw. Water levels dropped greater than 15 inches (380 mm) below normal as of late 2007. The record low is 19.5 inches (500 mm) recorded in 1993. The record high was 37 inches (940 mm) above normal in 1999. In 2008, some additional rain and swamp drainage had increased the water levels. In October 2012, there

2720-627: The features of the Carolina bays can be readily explained by known terrestrial processes and repeated modification by eolian and lacustrine processes. Also, Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists have found a correspondence in time between when active modification of the rims of Carolina bays most commonly occurred and when adjacent sand dunes were active during the Wisconsin glaciation between 15,000 and 40,000 years (Late Wisconsin) and 70,000 to 80,000 years BP (Early Wisconsin). In addition, Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists have found that

2788-737: The following units: (1) Drilling depth 0 to 4.5 m = eolian sand sheet that overlies the Carolina bay; (2) Drilling depth 4.5 to 9.0 m = silty sand and sandy mud with abundant organic material; and (3) Drilling depth 9.0 to 10.6 m = sandy clay of Pliocene age (Duplin Formation). Sediment samples from sand rims associated with this Carolina bay have yielded four optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages of ~35,700 years ago; ~25,200 years ago; ~11,200 years ago; and ~2,100 years ago. Within cores of undisturbed sediments recovered from Big Bay, North Carolina, Brook and others documented well-defined pollen zones consisting of distinct pollen assemblages. They found

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2856-424: The garden, teach, and send all of the tribes her blessings. The brave became very angry and swore that he would destroy the mound of flowers. His tribe invaded and overcame the Waccamaw braves and their chiefs. The princess knelt and asked to die in the garden. She requested that the mound of flowers be changed into a beautiful lake that man could not destroy. She asked too, that the lake would never become dry and that

2924-401: The interpretation of Carolina bays as relict thermokarst lakes implies that frozen ground once extended as far south as the Carolina bays. This interpretation is consistent with the optically stimulated luminescence dates, which suggest that the Carolina bays are relict features that formed when the climate was colder, drier, and windier. Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists state that

2992-624: The lower Waccamaw River. They depended on the labor of thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants to cultivate and process this labor-intensive crop. After the American Civil War , some of the large plantations were confiscated by the federal government. In addition, the emancipation of enslaved persons and new laws established a "free labor" market. Some planters established sharecropping or tenant farmers to gain workers, but as freedmen wanted to control some of their work. The rice industry declined under these conditions. Since

3060-466: The majority of its water from the surrounding swamp, instead of direct rain water. A limestone bluff along the north shore filters the water and reduces the acidity levels, making the lake ideal for a wide range of aquatic life. Lake Waccamaw has several feeders, called First Little, Second Little and Third Little Creeks and then Big Creek as well as water from the Friar swamp. Underground springs feed

3128-418: The meteor (falling star) hit the earth on the southeast side of the lake and destroyed all the beautiful flowers that were placed in the garden by the warriors when they came back from a hunt or from protecting the village. The flower garden was taken care of by the women of the village. Many animals lived in the garden as well. Because the people forgot to give thanks to the Creator and became full of themselves,

3196-548: The northern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain in southern Mississippi and Alabama , where they are known as either Grady ponds or Citronelle ponds . They are also known by a variety of names such as pocks , pock marks , bagols , lacs ronds , and natural ponds. These features in southern Mississippi and Alabama are elliptical to roughly circular in shape. The measurement of the long axes of 200 elliptical Grady / Citronelle ponds in southwestern Baldwin County, Alabama found

3264-524: The northwest shore between a fringing cypress swamp and the main lake, was supplemented with spoil dredged to form a neighboring canal in 1946 and developed with private residences. Big Creek delivers tea-colored water from the large cypress and gum tree swamp at the northeast corner of the lake, and the Waccamaw River emerges from the southern shore. A dam at the outlet, built in 1926, now regulates lake levels, which used to fall by as much as

3332-470: The oldest radiocarbon date from a Carolina bay only indicates the time when the water table rose high enough for a permanent lake or swamp to exist within it. This interpretation, however, may depend upon the nature of the overlying sediment. For example, eolian processes can bury and preserve organic matter, and thus the preservation of organic matter can occur independently of water table behavior. The bays have many different vegetative structures, based on

3400-472: The orientation is matched by an inferred west to east direction of movement of Pleistocene sand dunes. Northward from northern Georgia to Virginia, the average inferred direction of movement of Pleistocene parabolic sand dunes systematically shifts along with the average orientation of the long axes of Carolina bays as to lie oblique to them. In the Delmarva Peninsula, the 112 degree shift in

3468-569: The orientations of the Carolina bays are consistent with the wind patterns that existed during the Wisconsin glaciation, as reconstructed from the orientations of parabolic dunes in river valleys. Within the Atlantic Coast Plain, the orientation of the long axes of Carolina bays and the inferred direction of movement of adjacent sand dunes, where present, are generally oblique to each other. In southern Georgia and northern Florida,

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3536-465: The orientations of the long axes of Carolina bays in Somerset , Wicomico , and Worcester counties, Maryland. At the southern end of their distribution, the Carolina bays in southern Georgia and northern Florida are approximately circular in shape. In this area, they have a weak northerly orientation. Most Carolina bays consist of a few meters of sand and/or mud that rest on an unconformity above

3604-434: The publication (without quotation marks, and with a capital "B" for the word "Bays"). Carolina bays are present in the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain from New York to north Florida. In Maryland, they are called Maryland basins . Within the Delmarva Peninsula , they and other coastal ponds are also called Delmarva bays . Carolina bays vary in size from one to several thousand acres. About 500,000 of them are present in

3672-510: The sediments filling Carolina bays are generally undisturbed. Several cores have found that the sediments that fill Carolina bays have distinct and conformably layers or beds. The dating of the sand rims of a number of Carolina bays by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques has yielded ages ranging from ~109,000 to ~2,000 years ago, but most ages from the sand rims range from ~40,000 to ~11,000 years ago. Radiocarbon dates have been obtained from organic matter collected from

3740-515: The southeast and enters the ocean at Winyah Bay , approximately five miles (8 km) north along the coast from the mouth of the Santee River . Navigable as far as Conway, the lower river has been an important commercial route for European settlers in the region since the 18th century. Before that, it was equally important for various Native American cultures. In the 19th century, planters developed extensive rice cultivation on lands of

3808-490: The start of the Holocene . Fossil pollen recovered from cores of undisturbed sediment taken from various Carolina bays in North Carolina by Frey, Watts, and Whitehead document the presence of full glacial pollen zones within the sediments filling some Carolina bays. The range of dates can be interpreted that Carolina bays were either created episodically over the last tens of thousands of years or were created at time over

3876-408: The term "bay" does not refer to the trees but comes instead from an early science publication by Glenn (1895), who used the word "bay" (which he described as "lake-like expanses") to refer to these features near the town of Darlington, South Carolina. Lake Waccamaw is fed by four creeks: First, Second, Third, and Big creeks. The outlet forms the Waccamaw River which flows south-southwest to empty into

3944-407: The town of Darlington, South Carolina . Glenn put quotation marks around the word "bay" but did not use the phrase "Carolina bay". A subsequent publication by F.   A.   Melton and William Schriever (1933) used the phrase "The Carolina Bays" (with quotation marks around the word "Bays"). Later, G. R. MacCarthy (1937) published a paper titled "The Carolina Bays", using this phrase throughout

4012-645: The undisturbed sediments filling Carolina bays by Bliley and Burney, Mixon and Pilkey, Thom, and Kaczorowski. Some radiocarbon dates obtained from organic matter within undisturbed sediments are greater than 14,000 BP radiocarbon in age. The radiocarbon dates range from 27,700 ±2,600 to 440 ± 50 radiocarbon years BP. Some cores have contained organic matter that was too old for dating by radiocarbon methods, resulting in "greater than" dates. For example, samples from some Carolina bays have been dated at greater than 38,000 to 49,550 radiocarbon years BP. In cases where multiple radiocarbon dates have been determined from

4080-623: The waters should always be pure and crystal. Carolina Bay Carolina bays are elliptical to circular depressions concentrated along the East Coast of the United States within coastal New York , New Jersey , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , and north Florida . In Maryland, they are called Maryland basins . Within the Delmarva Peninsula , they and other coastal ponds are also called Delmarva bays . The name "Carolina bay"

4148-482: The west from the vicinity of the swamp. Thus, it seems more likely that this swamp was an inter-dune depression among the Carolina Sandhills , rather than a Carolina bay. Nevertheless, bay trees are present in some Carolina bays. The earliest scientific description of Carolina bays is by L. C. Glenn (1895), who used the term "bay" (which he described as "lake-like expanses") to refer to these features near

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4216-565: The whale has been restored and is currently on display at Lake Waccamaw State Park through longstanding loan from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences . Several endemic species are found only in or around the lake, including the Waccamaw darter, silverside and killifish . The lake even contains some species of fish , such as the Waccamaw silverside , that are native only to Lake Waccamaw. The water also contains

4284-421: Was a hydrilla outbreak. Efforts to free the lake of the invasive weed were estimated to take between 5 and 7 years. Before the arrival of European settlers to the area surrounding Lake Waccamaw, it was inhabited by Native Americans . A place still called Indian Mounds is on the east shore and on the site of one mound, it is said nothing will grow. Charles II of England originally granted this land to one of

4352-546: Was appointed first major for Bladen County militia in 1804 and a Justice of the Peace in 1806. He was the largest landowner of his day in Columbus County, owning over 10,000 acres (40 km²) - most of his land in the area of Lake Waccamaw. The lake was established as a North Carolina State Lake in 1929, and it is managed by the adjacent Lake Waccamaw State Park . A natural sand bar , which extends along

4420-568: Was called “A New Voyage to Georgia.” From old Brunswick they traveled 40 miles (64 km) up the Cape Fear River to Moore's place, then to Lake Waccamaw, described by an unnamed author as “the pleasantest place that ever I saw in my life.” John Powell's son, Absalom, after the American Revolutionary War , started buying large areas of land. A North Carolina Historical Marker was placed near his grave on August 22, 1933 at Lake Waccamaw. John Powell's son, Isaac, of Lake Waccamaw

4488-440: Was encountered in cores from within the Carolina bay). Charcoal and wood from a western sand rim (closer to the bay) yielded radiocarbon ages of ~5,760 and 1,270 years before present (BP). Organic sediment and charcoal from an eastern sand rim (farther from the bay) yielded radiocarbon ages ranging from ~7,750 to 2,780 years BP. Wilson's Bay (Johnston County, North Carolina): Cores and augers from within this Carolina bay revealed

4556-793: Was encountered in cores from within the Carolina bay). Organic material within the bay yielded an age of ~21,920 radiocarbon years BP. Herndon Bay (Robeson County, North Carolina): Cores drilled into four different sand ridges associated with this Carolina bay revealed that the sand ridges are composed of 2.5–4.5 m thick accumulations of fine to coarse sand that rest on an unconformity above an undisturbed unit of black mud of Cretaceous age (Black Creek Formation). Sediment samples from sand rims associated with this Carolina bay have yielded three optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages of ~36,700 years ago; ~29,600 years ago; and ~27,200 years ago. Big Bay (Big Bay, Sumter County, South Carolina): A core (drill hole D1/2) drilled within this Carolina bay went through

4624-435: Was known to all as the most beautiful princess in all the world. Each spring it became the custom for the chiefs of all tribes to send their sons to the camp of the princess. There they were received from her hands a blessing and a wild rose that would bring them good luck. As the tale goes, a young brave who had seen the princess asked her to become his wife. She replied that she had promised never to marry so she could stay in

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