Waccamaw Neck
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Waccamaw Neck is a long narrow peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Waccamaw River in Georgetown County, South Carolina The neck was formed by beach erosion and deposition by currents and wave action that continuously move sand southwestward along the coast.
The neck is a historic area that was a major hunting and fishing ground for the prehistoric Waccamaw tribe, followed by rice plantations along the river side, with summer homes for the wealthy on the coastal side that extended from colonial times to the beginning of the 20th Century. At the turn of the 21st Century it is a rapidly developing resort and retirement center.
Notable locations are Brookgreen Gardens, Huntington Beach State Park, and the Belle Baruch Nature Preserve at Hobcaw Barony, a plantation purchased in 1910 as a hunting preserve by financier Bernard Baruch.
External links
- [Belle Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Research]
- [Brookgreen Gardens]
- [Hobcaw: Tranquil Sanctuary]
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