Bla^in< 

 Trails: 



Explore trie 

 Coastal Plain 

 by Canoe 



By Daun Daemon 



A, 



.collage of landscapes awaits 

 visitors to the eastern part of North 

 Carolina — otherworldly swamplands 

 draped with veils of Spanish moss, 

 heady forests of arrow-straight pines, 

 stands of majestic hardwoods thick 

 with wild creatures, expanses of 

 flatlands domed by a brilliant blue 

 sky. A good way to view this scenery 

 is to glide peacefully down one of the 

 area's many rivers or creeks in a 

 canoe. 



A water trail system in the state's 

 10 northeastern counties now makes 

 that pursuit easier. Initiated in 1992 by 

 the Albemarle Resource Conservation 

 and Development Council (ARC& 

 DC), the Albemarle Region Canoe 

 Trails system encompasses 29 

 waterways that meander through 200 

 miles of countryside. 



Rodney Johnson, executive 

 director of ARC&DC, dreamed up the 

 plan when he came across a project for 

 developing a trail on the Perquimans 

 River. Expanding the plan to cover the 

 entire region seemed the sensible 

 course to take. 



Continued 



8 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1997 



