Chowan River - Wikipedia
The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN) [1] is a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the state line between Virginia and North Carolina. According to the USGS a variant name is Choan River.
Chowan River Map - Stream - Chowan County, North Carolina, USA - Mapcarta
The Chowan River is a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the state line between Virginia and North Carolina.
What You Need to Know about the Chowan River - Inner Banks Inn
One of the best things to do in the great outdoors here is to spend time around the Chowan River. Discover why the Chowan River is such a fantastic natural feature in this state and plan your trip to see it today.
The Chowan River - A Heron's Garden
Like every other waterway in northeast North Carolina, the Chowan River offered virgin forests, deep swamps, and rich soil that sustained original civilizations for centuries and provided for settlers who arrived later.
Chowan River - Wikiwand
Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows to nearly two miles wide (3 km) at its opening to the Albemarle Sound. The river offers excellent fishing for catfish and largemouth bass.
Chowan River Expedition - Woods & Waters Magazine
2023年9月7日 · For more than 200 years, the Chowan served as the dominant transportation corridor linking plantations and farms to the port of Edenton, the first permanent English settlement in North Carolina. The river flows 50 miles to the Alebemarle Sound after it is formed near Franklin, Virginia when the Blackwater and Notoway Rivers merge.
Destination File: Chowan River - Woods & Waters Magazine
2023年2月28日 · For centuries, the Chowan River provided food and a source for travel for the native Algonquin tribes and the earliest settlers. By 1831, the first steamships in America plied the river, dispatching passengers and freight for almost a hundred years.
The Chowan River proper originates at the North Carolina-Virginia border where the Blackwater and Nottoway rivers meet. Nar-row and lively at its source, the 50-mile-long Chowan flows southeast past such small towns as Winton and Colerain before broadening to nearly two miles wide where it meets the Albemarle Sound near Edenton. Along with
The Chowan River - The Historical Marker Database
2012年10月27日 · The Chowan River has played an important role in North Carolina’s history and economy. It is part of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System (the second largest estuarine system in the United States) and is one of the smaller …
Chowan River - Natural Atlas
Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows to nearly two miles wide (3 km) at its opening to the Albemarle Sound. The river offers excellent fishing for catfish and largemouth bass.