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NC Coastal Land Trust Transfers Site X To State
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through NC Coastal Land Trust's website.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust announced the transfer of land near the confluence of Salmon Creek and Albemarle Sound in Bertie County to the NC Division of Parks and Recreation. The property which contains significant natural, historic, archaeological and cultural features will become the new Salmon Creek State Natural Area. The nearly 1,000 acres include more than three miles of frontage along Salmon Creek, cypress-gum swamp and bottomland hardwood forest as well as an ecologically significant tidal freshwater marsh.
The land also contains the archaeological area known as Site X, where the First Colony Foundation has discovered native Algonkin and English artifacts that may indicate that survivors of the original Lost Colony had a settlement there in the 1580s. Site X was first identified from a map discovered in the British Museum. The Coastal Land Trust saved the property from development in 2017.
“The Salmon Creek property stands out due to its rich cultural history, truly pristine ecosystems and unique archaeological resources, ” Susi Hamilton, secretary of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, said in a press release. “We look forward to offering this new state natural area in Bertie County, a beautiful part of our state currently underserved by our state parks system.”
Read the full press release on this project here.
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