Ocean Bound: Brevard College's Voice of the Rivers Team Embarks on 19-day Voyage Down Yadkin-Pee Dee Rivers
A group of Brevard College students and professors is gearing up for a kayak adventure of a life time.
On Sunday, May 16, the College’s Voice of the Rivers (VOR) team will embark on a nearly 400-mile kayak expedition that will snake through North and South Carolina and end in the Atlantic Ocean.
This year, two Brevard College faculty members and 11 students will paddle the length of the Yadkin-Pee Dee watershed. The group will begin its journey by scouting the river's source in the mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, N.C. They will then embark on a 19-day paddling trip starting in North Wilkesboro, N.C. and ending near Georgetown, S.C. where Winyah Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.
2010 Team
Itinerary
May
16 –Smoot Park
17 – Town of Rhonda
18 – Yadkin Shore
19 – Pilot Mtn. State Park
20 – Winston-Salem
21 – Eureka Mills
22 – Boones Cave
23 – High Rock Lake
24 – Blewett Falls Lake
25 – Cheraw, SC
26 – New Society Hill
27 – Sandbars
28 – Sandbars
29 – Sandbars
30 – Sandbars
31 – Sam Worth WMA
June
1 – Tom Yawkey Heritage
2 – Huntington Beach
3 – Brevard, NC
I hope you all have a great trip and learn about the rivers ecological, cultural and recent histories along the way. As a place of interest you might find time to check out is an Archaeological site in Montgomery County. This site is where the Pee Dee Indians had a large significant site which has since then been destroyed and reconstructed for the public to understand the Native histories. If you want to learn more about the site or any other important sites you will be passing thru check out this link provided.
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Good luck in your travels i will be following your blog and interested in what this years group has to offer.
James Davisson
VOR 2008 Logistics Coordinator
I am so excited for all of you! I have been an avid supporter of VOR since its beginning and have loved seeing each group bring important visions to how we should protect and safeguard our waterways. What an amazing program and an amazing chance for each of you to share the vision of protecting our past, present and future impacts on our watersheds. I look forward to following your progress as you explore the Pee Dee Watershed. Have an awesome and safe trip.
ReplyDeleteWhen you guys are done with the Yadkin-Pee Dee, come paddle the San Juan!! Have fun, be safe, and drink lots of water!!
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