- Lake Phelps
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cities =Lake Phelps is
North Carolina 's second largest natural lake. It is located in Washington County on theAlbemarle-Pamlico Peninsula located between theAlbemarle Sound and thePamlico Sound . An Indian dugout canoe was found in the lake dating back nearly 4,400 years. Other artifiacts have been found around the area dating as early as 8,000 B.C.Its origin has long puzzled scientists. Some say that its origin is underground springs, wave action, wind, a
meteor , glacial activity or a peat burn. It is more or less a round shape.Lake Phelps is named for Josiah Phelps, the first white man to enter its waters. Phelps and another colonial explorer, Benjamin Tarkington, were searching through what was then known as the Great Eastern Dismal or Great Alligator Dismal in 1755. Phelps and Tarkington were part of a group of hunters who entered the swamps in search of game and
farmland . The group had become discouraged and were about to leave when Tarkington scaled one of the many trees and spotted the lake a short distance away. Phelps went ahead and ran into the water. As the first in the water he was given the honor of naming the lake. cite web | url = http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/pett/history.php | title = Pettigrew State Park: History | accessdate = 2007-11-08 | publisher =North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources ]ee also
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Pettigrew State Park References
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