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Tyrrell County
has always been a rural area , with hundreds of miles of unspoiled
inland coastline.
Thousands of acres in the county are part of the million+ acres on
the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula that are protected as refuges or
parks, and thousands more are managed as timberlands. Huge tracts
of farmland also provide wildlife habitat.
And one of North Carolina's largest natural lakes, Phelps Lake,
lies on the Tyrrell / Washington county boundary, ringed by rare
ecosystems like juniper forests and pocosins.
These are some of the most beautiful natural settings in the
world.
Columbia, NC
- The CTCRC is housed in the renovated
Columbia Theater, a former movie palace that had fallen into
disrepair. The focus of the CTCRC is on human interaction with
the environment on the upper Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula,
especially as witnessed through the heritage of farming,
fishing, and forestry. Exhibit areas filled with artifacts from
these three ways of life help tell the story of how people have
utilized the region's resources through the ...
The Greater Tyrrell County Chamber
of Commerce
PO Box 170 // Columbia, NC 27925
Phone: 252-796-1996
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| Columbia,
NC - Located on the
Scuppernong River, the facility includes a visitor center,
wildlife exhibits, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
film and nature store (The Bears Den). |
Columbia,
NC - The Preserve encompasses
nearly 10,000 acres bordered by the Albemarle Sound and
the Little Alligator River and was established to protect
the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Community
activities include general recreation, hunting, and
fishing. Operated by The Conservation Fund.
| Columbia,
NC - A 3/4-mile loop
through a pristine bottomland swamp along the
Scuppernong River. Interpretive signs explain the
workings of the blackwater swamp ecosystem and
encourage visitors to look, listen and learn while
they stroll through nature's garden. |
| Columbia,
NC - Exhibits and
classes. Open studio experience with weaving,
pottery and paint your own dinnerware. Retreat
workshops combining field and studio experiences
which promote understanding of the Pocosin
environment and its people. |
| Columbia,
NC - Located
approximately 15 miles south of Columbia, the Emily
and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve is the
largest single property and the first inland site in
the North Carolina Coastal Reserve. The site
maintains habitat for special concern, rare,
threatened or endangered species including the red
wolf, bald eagle, red-cockaded woodpecker Atlantic
and shortnose sturgeons and American alligator. |
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