A relaxing drive from Columbia to Nags Head, The Outer Banks, North Carolina while crossing over the Alligator River, the Croatan Sound and the Roanoke Sound.

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"Located on the eastern shoreline of the Scuppernong River in northern Tyrrell County, Columbia was chartered in 1793 as Elizabethtown. The town became the Tyrrell County seat of government in 1799 and was renamed Columbia in 1801.

While settlers from Virginia streamed southward into the Albemarle region during the 18th century, development of Columbia and Tyrrell County proceeded slowly. Surrounding swamp forests, vast peat wetlands and pocosins restricted penetrations of the interior around the town. The area was one of the most isolated and sparsely settled parts of North Carolina well into the 20th century.

Primarily a fishing and trading center before the War Between the States, Columbia grew in the late 19th century as a result of the expanding lumber industry. Between 188090 the town grew from 166 to 382 residents. In 1908 the Norfolk and Southern Railway extended its track to Columbia, supplementing boat travel between the town and surrounding communities.

By the mid1900's Columbia's population reached 1,100, but the post World War II population exodus to metropolitan areas resulted in a steady decline until about 2000. Today over 860 citizens call Columbia home."

Read more:
https://www.townofcolumbianc.com/inde...{BD20FD63D00042DAA01AE42F80778195}

"Alligator River is a small river in eastern North Carolina, separating Dare County and Tyrrell County. It empties into Albemarle Sound. A 21mile canal connects the Alligator River with Pungo River to its west. The Lindsey C. Warren Bridge of U.S. Route 64 crosses the river.

Alligator River is protected as part of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Habitat bordering the Refuge includes many diverse types including high and low pocosin, bogs, fresh and brackish water marshes, hardwood swamps, and Atlantic white cypress swamps. Plant species include pitcher plants and sun dews, low bush cranberries, redbay, Atlantic white cypress, pond pine, American sweetgum, red maple, and a wide variety of herbaceous and shrub species common to the East Coast.

The refuge is one of the premier strongholds for American black bear on the Eastern Seaboard. It also has concentrations of ducks, geese, and swans. The wildlife diversity includes wading birds, shorebirds, American woodcock, raptors, black bears, alligators, whitetailed deer, raccoons, cottontail rabbits, bobwhite quail, northern river otters, red wolves, redcockaded woodpeckers, and neotropical migrants."

Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligat...)

"Nags Head, from its earliest beginnings in the 1800's, has predominately consisted of single family cottages and a few small hotels and cottage courts. Visitors to Nags Head can still enjoy the town's several historic cottages, which are primarily located across from the town's most significant landmark, Jockey's Ridge State Park. The tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States, the park offers unparalleled views of Nags Head from its heights."

Read more:
https://www.outerbanks.org/planyour...

Relaxing Walks:
https://www.relaxingwalks.com

Google Maps (roughly):
https://goo.gl/maps/cA6XJvcBt6q4fsGb7

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