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Most tourists come to see the lighthouses, and to fish, hang- glide, windsurf and swim. They clam - ber to scale the tallest natural sand- dune system in the eastern United States ( Jockey’s Ridge). They travel to the barrier islands to witness the fall migration of thousands upon thousands of ducks, geese and swans and to bear tribute to the first pow - ered flight by humans— the one Orville and Wilbur Wright made at Kill Devil Hills in 1903. Others take the bridge across the sound to the site of the first English settlement in America ( Roanoke Island, 1585). However, a newer breed of tourist travels to the mainland to glimpse the basin’s lesser- known treasures— the pristine waters of the Alliga - tor River and its newest residents, red wolves; the country’s oldest operating canal ( Dismal Swamp); and Native Amer - ican cypress canoes as old as the pyramids ( Lake Phelps). The Pasquotank River Basin boasts many treasures, all connected to its diverse aquatic resources. The basin is W hat North Carolina river basin is 41 percent water, contains more national wildlife refuges than any other and has the fewest people? If you guessed the Pasquotank River Basin, you’re right. But these facts prob-ably escape the notice of the millions of vis-itors who flock to the basin’s Outer Banks every year. They need only the region’s reputation for unsurpassed beauty and rich natural heritage to entice them. Total miles of streams and rivers: 474 Total acres of estuary: 918,223 Total miles of coastline: 110 Municipalities within basin: 11 Counties within basin: 10 Size: 3,635 square miles Population: 118,913 ( 2000 U. S. Census) profile: PASQUOTANK RIVER BASIN Va Bodie Island Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras National Seashore ( left); Jockey’s Ridge, the tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States, fluctuates between 80 and 120 feet high ( below). BILL LEA BILL LEA
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Full Text | Most tourists come to see the lighthouses, and to fish, hang- glide, windsurf and swim. They clam - ber to scale the tallest natural sand- dune system in the eastern United States ( Jockey’s Ridge). They travel to the barrier islands to witness the fall migration of thousands upon thousands of ducks, geese and swans and to bear tribute to the first pow - ered flight by humans— the one Orville and Wilbur Wright made at Kill Devil Hills in 1903. Others take the bridge across the sound to the site of the first English settlement in America ( Roanoke Island, 1585). However, a newer breed of tourist travels to the mainland to glimpse the basin’s lesser- known treasures— the pristine waters of the Alliga - tor River and its newest residents, red wolves; the country’s oldest operating canal ( Dismal Swamp); and Native Amer - ican cypress canoes as old as the pyramids ( Lake Phelps). The Pasquotank River Basin boasts many treasures, all connected to its diverse aquatic resources. The basin is W hat North Carolina river basin is 41 percent water, contains more national wildlife refuges than any other and has the fewest people? If you guessed the Pasquotank River Basin, you’re right. But these facts prob-ably escape the notice of the millions of vis-itors who flock to the basin’s Outer Banks every year. They need only the region’s reputation for unsurpassed beauty and rich natural heritage to entice them. Total miles of streams and rivers: 474 Total acres of estuary: 918,223 Total miles of coastline: 110 Municipalities within basin: 11 Counties within basin: 10 Size: 3,635 square miles Population: 118,913 ( 2000 U. S. Census) profile: PASQUOTANK RIVER BASIN Va Bodie Island Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras National Seashore ( left); Jockey’s Ridge, the tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States, fluctuates between 80 and 120 feet high ( below). BILL LEA BILL LEA |