Stewards of the White Oak River Basin Current Events

This write-up is courtesy of Ed Gruca.

Croatan Forest Marshes and the Dubling Creek

June 16, 2006

Osprey nest

We launched our boats at 11:00 AM from the boat ramp at the Cedar Point Wildlife Ramp in the Croatan Forest on the White Oak River. The stated high tide at Bogue Inlet was 12:00 noon and this provided enough water to easily paddle this marsh trail. We knew there was enough water as soon as we approached the first bridge on the nature trail.
Martha Ahlquist, reporter for the Tideland News, and her father, Bill, were off on their first novice paddle in a brand new red canoe. They had a good lesson in mastering steering the canoe through the narrow, twisting marsh channels.
The weather was perfect. Not too warm and with a slight breeze and no bugs.
We paddled through the marsh to Pettiford Bay and back on the White Oak past Jones Island with a view of Swansboro in the home stretch. It was only 3.8 miles and a good introduction to paddling eastern North Carolina style.
See Martha's article as it appeared the June 21, 2006
Tideland News
http://www.nccoastonline.com/TidelandNews.html

One of the straight stretches in the marsh.

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