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35566
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A guide was offered in terms of history, recreational activities, and nearby waterways through state parks. Profiled were Fort Macon, Hammocks Beach, Pettigrew, Somerset Place, Jones Lake, Singletary Lake Group Camp, Masonboro, and Cliffs-of-the-Neuse. Proof of eight wonders of the world, they were ones also perhaps not known to the international traveler.
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28571
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Good fishing can be found at most of the state parks in North Carolina. The best places to fish, the type of fish stocked at each park, and the best times of year to fish are described for 12 state parks. The fishing at Lake Norman, New River, South Mountains, Jordan Lake, Kerr Lake, Morrow Mountain, Fort Fisher, Fort Macon, Merchants Millpond, Pettigrew, Hanging Rock, and Eno River State Parks are all detailed. Hanging Rock, Eno River, and Fort Macon are highlighted with anecdotes and advice from parks employees and local fishing experts.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 3, May-June 2017,
p4-9
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Fishing--North Carolina; Fishing, Recreational--North Carolina; State parks; Lake Norman; New River; South Mountains State Park; Jordan Lake; Morrow Mountain State Park; Fort Fisher (New Hanover County); Eno River State Park; Fort Macon State Park (Carteret County); Merchants Millpond State Park (Gatesville); Pettigrew State Park; Hanging Rock State Park
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40696
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Pettigrew State Park offers steps into Northeastern North Carolina’s scenic beauty. Somerset Place, situated within Pettigrew, offer a step back into North Carolina life, pre-Civil War. Such sites help to make the state, from mountains to coast, a popular tourist destination.
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Pettigrew State Park; State parks--North Carolina; Somerset Place (Creswell); Somerset Place (Creswell)--History; Plantations--North Carolina; Antebellum period--North Carolina ; Lake Phelps; Great Eastern Dismal--see also Great Alligator Dismal; Old growth forests--North Carolina--Lake Phelps; Dug-out canoes--Lake Phelps--Native Americans; Somerset Place--slaves--Sucky Davis family ; Somerset Homecoming--Somerset Place--slaves descendants; Historic homes--interpretive tours
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4230
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Pettigrew State Park, covering parts of Tyrrell and Washington Counties, attracts visitors with its abundant wildlife, including red wolves, deer, and foxes; history, featuring Somerset Place, 4,400-year-old Algonquian dugout canoes, and Confederate General Johnston Pettigrew's grave; and Lake Phelps, providing great bass fishing and fall waterfowl viewing.
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9472
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In this continuing series of articles on North Carolina's state parks, Constantino discusses Pettigrew State Park, which lies in Washington and Tyrell counties and features many natural and recreational attractions. The historic Somerset Place Plantation, the home of the Josiah Collins family, is located there and is administered by the state as a historic site.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 41 Issue 12, Dec 1977,
p8-10, il, map
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14706
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Pettigrew State Park is located on the shores of Lake Phelps in Washington and Tyrrell Counties. The park named for General James Johnston Pettigrew and is located on portions of two fine old plantations.
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