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| Lake Waccamaw | |
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 Sunset from State Park by Joey Nobles | |
  Lake Waccamaw  Lake Waccamaw | |
| Location | Columbus County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34°17′12″N 78°30′35″W / 34.28667°N 78.50972°W |
| Part of | Lake Waccamaw State Park |
| Primary inflows | Big Creek; First Little, Second Little and Third Little Creeks |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation |
| Designation | State Lake |
| Surface area | 8,938 acres (3,617 ha) |
| Average depth | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Shore length1 | 14 mi (23 km) |
| Surface elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Settlements | Lake Waccamaw |
| References | [1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Waccamaw is a fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina. It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay lakes.[2] Although bay trees (Magnolia virginiana L., Gordonia lasianthus Ellis, and Persea) are present within many Carolina Bays,[3] the term "bay" does not refer to the trees but comes instead from an early science publication by Glenn (1895), who used the word "bay" (which he described as "lake-like expanses") to refer to these features near the town of Darlington, South Carolina.[4] Lake Waccamaw is fed by four creeks: First, Second, Third, and Big creeks. The outlet forms the Waccamaw River which flows south-southwest to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown, South Carolina
- ^ "Lake Waccamaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 17 June 1980.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ParkSizewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "History of lake Waccamaw, North Carolina".
- ^ Glenn, L.C., 1895, Some notes on Darlington (S.C.), 'Bays': Science, v. 2, no. 41, p. 472-475