Entries Containing All of the Phrases «camden county» AND «north carolina»

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 18, 2021

Locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal Marker

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1 ► North Carolina, Camden County, Camden — Locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal —

Colonel William Byrd II proposed digging a series of ditches and a channel through the Dismal Swamp in 1728. Construction began on the Dismal Swamp Canal in 1793, after the North Carolina and Virginia General Assemblies passed similar acts for . . . — — Map (db m165196) HM

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2 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —

Across the canal lies the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The Great Dismal Swamp was once a vast ecosystem that covered as much as one million acres of southeastern Virginia and northeastern . . . — — Map (db m114525) HM

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3 ► North Carolina, Camden County, Camden — Eastern North Carolina — Civil War Trails —

North Carolina's Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. Northeastern North Carolina, including Camden County, the Outer Banks, and the coastal rivers, saw action early in the war as Union forces occupied it. Stories abound of naval . . . — — Map (db m165188) HM

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4 ► North Carolina, Currituck County, Shawboro — Indiantown — Chasing “Guerrillas” —

Indiantown, a commercial center with a shipyard, store, and mill, became a focal point for military activity during the Civil War. On June 10, 1862, U.S. Navy Lt. Charles W. Flusser led several gunboats up the North River to capture a prominent . . . — — Map (db m56814) HM

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5 ► North Carolina, Currituck County, Shawboro — A-62 — Henry M. Shaw —

Member N.C. Assembly and U.S. Congress. Confederate colonel. Killed in attack on New Bern, Feb. 1, 1864. Home & grave about 150 feet West. — — Map (db m9507) HM

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6 ► North Carolina, Currituck County, Shawboro — A-66 — McKnight’s Shipyard —

Thomas McKnight, colonial merchant and legislator; Loyalist during Revolution. Operated large shipyard which stood near here. — — Map (db m2765) HM

7 ► North Carolina, Currituck County, Shawboro — A-47 — Yeopim —

Reservation established for Yeopim Indians in 1704; sold after 1739. Northern boundary nearby; village was 2 miles S.E. — — Map (db m2766) HM

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