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1 " Pago SO? Supplomonl to Iho Bruntwick Bo Canoe Trip BY TERRY POPE 1 r- 1?.. u?? i .i.? iiaa ucch uuutru iu uiu latest list of outdoor recreational activities offered to residents of the South Brunswick Islands. A quiet canoe trip, lust miles from the beautiful beaches, can udd relaxation to anyone's schedule. While other Brunswick County parks will also undergo expansion this summer, only one, the Shallotte township park, will be adding a canoe slip for u 1.4-mile excursion down the McMIUy Creek, a tributary of the Shallotte Hiver. The Shallotte township park on U.S. 17 is the only county park located along n body of water. With that In mind, Brunswick County Barks and Hecreatlon DlrecS tor Bobby "B.J." Jones came up with Die Idea of adding the canoe trip one day last September. After the county purcluised additional land at the park ] *v site, Jones walked along the banks of the McMllly ('reek all the way to the Shallotte Town Bark on N.C. 130. \ "We were trying to get canoeing \ going In the county," Jones now recalls, "to put It on the map." Shallotte Town Aldermen gave the county parks department permission to build a dock at the landing on N.C. 130, at the end of the two-hour trip. Permits were also obtained from Die U.S. Corps of Knglneers' office to 1 clean debris from the creek, to Improve the flow. "From where I walked, there were places where the water wasn't even VAIID mil vun vivk | Live B< | * Tackle * Beer 8 it _ Groce I Cab t J iandis & Joai < ? i?? ?*<? ? s aeon. April-May 1985 Adds Vari flowing," Jones said. So employees mill nniiinrnnnt frnm tlui nnnnti- m?. quito control department were used to help clear debris from the stream. Then along came Hurricane Diana to AN ANTIQUE HKIIMiE leading ti Uic McMilly ITrek. :-STOPSTOR ait ^ Wine ii ries Jp, m ffi A _ -Mm m V I )5i0 ina High iety To Cour slow things down. Workers proceeded to clear logs, fallen trees and other debris from the river at a pace of 200 feet per day, said mosquito control director Darry I isyis |] i i j HHra'W'' r,K \HBsffl i the lrroy Mlnti estate Is one of the sight "" "I'm" rrrlm^^'' y t tUK^ tr >et#FKf I . Check ou * A- selection < wir>e gnr ity Park Op Somersett. "A good percentage of it was logs," Snmpnu>tl cuirl "It ro?ll<> n..r first project in clearing out the county streams. But you've got to learn to I .. If AM FMOTOl IV Ml WiOOA *N s along the two-hour canoe trip down 7 A.M. to 1 Monday I H_ V U 1 7:30 A.M. Soturdayc Mi if? We* i r wide ^ af good jn 1 areat I sC-J 57$ iportunities work with water, because sometimes it would be too high. You've also got to work with the weather, too." The department will also continue to snag McMiliy Creek from its source all the way to Grissettown on N.C. 904, removing tree limbs or logs that should make a better flow for the canoeists, he added. Beyond the townshin nark MrMillv Pmok divides into two tributaries, one that (Continued on following page) READY-TO-MOVE-IN MOBILE HOMES HOLIDAY ACRES Nice mobile home with central heat ond air tituoted on two well-landtcapod lot* size 100*105 only 1 mile from beoch Hot 2 bedroom*. 1 both, deck utility building furnithed. Priced to tell BUCCANEER HILLS A goody' Located on freth water lake with view of waterway 12*70. 2 bedroom* 2 both* carpet nicely furnithed Would make e*cellent permanent home Atkmg $36 000 BUCCANEER HILLS NORTH 12*65 mobile home with wrap-around deck Fully furnithed even to tmall op pliancet Mutt toe' $19,500. /' r^> J Bob (<^r /Campbell Realty [Q ?mOM .9'9I 6*.' 2b96 AZYUUI^* P'SHtA.'i . WTM CAWQLIH* ?H46? 2 Midnight -Friday to 1 A.M. ind Sunday mr | r Door to IBC Store Calabash >-9631
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