Angola Swamp

Angola Swamp is a pocosin in southern coastal North Carolina near Jacksonville, in Duplin and Pender counties. Much of the swamp is included in the 34,063-acre (13,785 ha) Angola Bay Game Land, administered by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The southern section of the swamp was logged and has a road grid, while the northern portion is wild and roadless. The swamp is drained by the Northeast Cape Fear River.[1][2][3][4][5]

References
  1. "Angola Swamp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. Simpson, Bland. "Swamps". NCpedia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. Simpson, Bland. "Pocosins". NCpedia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. "Angola Bay Game Land" (PDF). North Carolina Game Lands. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. Hargan, Jim (2011). Explorer's Guide North Carolina. Countryman Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0881508451.

34°42′00″N 77°50′00″W

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