Holly Shelter Swamp

Holly Shelter Swamp is a pocosin in southern coastal North Carolina near Jacksonville, in Pender County. Much of the swamp is included in the 63,494-acre (25,695 ha) Holly Shelter Game Land, administered by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The Bear Garden tract of the northern swamp has been logged and has a road grid. The swamp is drained by the Northeast Cape Fear River. [1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Angola Swamp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. ↑ Simpson, Bland. "Swamps". NCpedia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Bland. "Pocosins". NCpedia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Holly Shelter Game Land" (PDF). North Carolina Game Lands. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Hargan, Jim (2011). Explorer's Guide North Carolina. Countryman Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0881508451.

Coordinates: 34°31′00″N 77°43′00″W / 34.51667°N 77.71667°W / 34.51667; -77.71667

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