SLSP12: Alt Traditional Geocache

Geocache on the road to Singletary Lake State Park. This cache also marks the start of the access road, Singletary Lake Trail , to get to the Alternative Access Waypoint if the state park is occupied. The gate should be unlocked, if so, drive down to the Park rear access point. Otherwise, start to walk...

Of the 500,000 bays estimated to exist, most are small and few are greater than 500 feet in length. Singletary Lake, however, is approximately 4,000 feet long. While in the past nearly all bays contained open water, today most are filled with wet organic soils and are overgrown with swamp vegetation. Only a few relict lakes remain. In addition to Singletary Lake, Baytree Lake, Jones Lake, Salters Lake, Lake Waccamaw and White Lake are included within the North Carolina State Parks system. The origin of the Carolina bays has long been a matter of speculation and debate, the focus of a nearby Earthcache.

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Singletary Lake was named for Richard Singletary, who received a grant of land in Bladen County in 1729. Since colonial times, the region surrounding Singletary Lake was settled and used for subsistence farming along its river lowlands and creek bottoms. Longleaf pines—primarily used for turpentine pitch and timber—were then prolific in the area. They were logged and used used for the production of naval stores.

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Permission was granted in person by the Superintendent of the State Park, Kristen Woodruff. She required a Special Use Permit. Permit is under "Robert Maile, North Carolina Geocachers Organisation, #45-7".