The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-04-20

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Hatteras Island has been stepped
up as the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore gains in popularity.
Across Western North Carolina
the Blue Ridge Parkway, designed
especially for vacation motoring,
is a paved high-altitude route
from the Virginia line to Asheville.
Southwest of Asheville, new sec
ton of the Parkway is open for
travel. 1t is an 11-mile spur of
paved motor road between Wagon
Road Gap on U. S. ZIG, in Pisgah
National Forest, and Beech Gap
in the lofty Balsam Mountains.
The new Parkway section is built
at an average elevation of over
$500 feet. Another spur of the
Parkway meets the Great Smokes
Park near Mile-High Overlook.
Fine highways link the Parkway
to resorts and scenic attractions.
Some 100000 acres of Western
North Carolina are in the Great
Smokes Park. The main North
Carolina entrance to the Park is
reached via U! S. AL through the
Reservation of the. Eastern Band
of the Cherokee Indians. Highway
AL leads up to Newfound Gap
on the North Carolina Tennessee
line, and a paved Park road con-
meets the Gap with Clingman's
Dome, highest peak in the Great
Smokes. Here there is a parking
overlook with a vast panorama of
the Smokes.
Southwestern North Carolina is
a land of lakes and waterfalls.
Here Fontana Dam, highest (48O
feet) dam in the IVA system i'm
pounds Lake Fontana, 80 miles
long. Near the lake is Fontana
Village, open all year, and the
largest resort in the North Caro-
lima Smokes.
Outdoor sports are enjoyed to
the fullest in North Carolina and
are year around. Every type of
fishing tackle can be used in the
Tar Heel State, and there is no
closed season on any species of
fish except fresh water trout. No
license is required for salt water
fishing. There are more than Is
ocean fishing piers on the coast,
and choice surf-casting spots near,
all the beach resorts. The larger
fleets of charter boats for Gulf
Stream, sound and inlet fishing
are based at Oregon Inlet at the
northern tip of Hatteras Island,
at Morehead City, Wilmington,
and Southport, and at Wrightsville
and Carolina Beaches. The big
spring and autumn runs of salt
water gamefish highlight the
coastal fishing year. In the Great
Smokes and Blue Ridge, hundreds
of miles of trout streams are open
to anglers from April through
August, and there is good bass
fishing in many lakes. Fresh water
fishing is also prime in lakes
across the Piedmont and the Coast
al Plain, with some fresh water
fishing ponds situated within
few hundreds yards of the sea-
shore.
Over 100 golf courses are open
year around in North Carolina,
giving the State it's title as "Golf
State, USA". Riding centers a.
round the Mid-South resorts in
winter and the mountain resorts
during the summer.
Hiking, picnicking and camping
facilities are found in the Great
Smokes Park, on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, in Pisgah and Nantahala
National Forests, and in State
parks situated from mountains to
coast. At Clingman's Dome in the
Great Smokes Park, the Appala-
chan Trail reaches the highest
point on it's route from Maine to
Georgia. Some 200 miles of this
famous ''footpath through the
wilderness" cross Western North
Carolina.
Excellent bathing beaches, in
Guiding one in Fort Macon State
Park, are easily accessible all
along the coast. Statewide during
the warm months, there is good
lake swimming. Many motor courts
and inns have added swimming |
pools to their guest facilities, and |
large swimming pool was COM
pleted at Fontana Village last |
year. Boating is enjoyed on lakes,
rivers, and coastal sounds, as well |
as on the Intracoastal Waterway |
running the entire length of the
North Carolina Coast. The Inter-
national Cup race for unlimited
class hydroplanes, is run on the
Pasquotank River at Elizabeth
City in late September.
In autumn and winter, bear,
boar, deer and grouse are hunted
in the mountains. On the coast,
there is excellent waterfowl shoot
ing, particularly around Lake Mat
tamuskeet and Currituck Sound, as
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