Everything about Goose Creek State Park totally explained
Goose Creek State Park is a
North Carolina state park near
Washington,
Beaufort County,
North Carolina in the
United States. It covers 1,327 acres (5.37 km²) just off of
Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina's Coastal Plain. Goose Creek State Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife that make their homes in the extensive salt water marshes, inlets and creeks on the northern side of the sound. Goose Creek State Park is open for year round recreation, east of Washington, two miles south of
U.S. Route 264 on Camp Leach Road.
History
The land in and surrounding Goose Creek State Park has long provided an abundance of natural resources for the people of the area. The first recorded inhabitants of the area were members of the
Secota and the
Pamlico, two
Eastern Woodlands tribes. They were victims of wide spread disease brought to
colonial North Carolina by settlers from
Europe during the 17th century. Most of the Indians that didn't succumb to disease were killed or driven off during the
Tuscarora War (1711-1715). Goose Creek and Pamlico Sound also provided shelter for
pirates such as
Blackbeard and
Stede Bonnet.
Since the end of the pirate era, the area in and surrounding Goose Creek State Park has been centered on
timber production,
commercial fishing and small scale, subsistence
farming. Lumber companies, such as the
Eureka Lumber Company and later
Weyerhauser Corporation, acquired extensive tracts of land along the creeks and harvested vasts stands of
old growth bald cypress and
Longleaf pine. Much of the land that's now part of Goose Creek State Park was
clear cut.
Boating and fishing
A boat ramp is on the west shore of Goose Creek at Dinah's Landing. Motorboating,
sailing and
windsurfing are all permitted at the park. All boaters must follow the rules and regulations of the
North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission. Visitors that are interested in exploring the creeks of the park in
canoes must bring their own. Access to the creeks is provided at Dinah's Landing and near the campground. The streams of the park offer opportunities for canoeists to view a wide variety of wading birds that make the park their home.
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