Waterway Stewards

This trip provided us with a visit to the County Seat of Onslow County in 1741!

Our take out. The monument says the town here, Johnston, was settled in 1705 and

destroyed in 1752 by a hurricane and not rebuilt.

Historical marker at the take out.

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This creek was reported to us by members of The Twin Rivers Paddle Club in New Bern. The report was bad!

Trash, trash trash everywhere. Filthy! An open sewer! We could not stand this. We are members of the Stewards

of the White Oak River Basin. This creek is in the Neuse River [...]

Continuation of our paddle on Onslow County’s only designated Canoe Trail.

We should have a hundred more like it for our visiting tourists to enjoy.

Julia at the confluence with the New River. Notice the New River water is turbid due to channelization and storm

water run off. Cowhorn Creek water [...]

Come and cruise down Cowhorn Creek with us!

This is the first leg of Onslow County paddle trail from the bridge on Cowhorn Road

over Cowhorn Creek. It was a real pleasure to to paddle this section. The water was

clear thanks to the fact that it had just [...]

2008-04-08 Southwest Creek, near Jacksonville, NC

Another Canoe Trail for Onslow County!

We put-in, launched, our boats at Haws Run Road bridge. This is an excellent natural access. We should have an access like this at every bridge. It did not cost anyone one red cent. Contrast this to Old 30 new bridge over [...]

This is Jim and Elmer leaving the forested shores of Southwest Creek and entering the marsh grass

area.

Elmer EddyElmer, The White Oak River TrashmanStewards of The White Oak River Basin101 River Reach Drive West,Swansboro, NC. 28584910-389-4588 e-mail: elmer@whiteoakstewards.orgPlease visit our website: http://www.whiteoakstewards.org/“If no one litters, there will be no [...]