HOME GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS COUNTY SERVICES HOW DO I? ABOUT CAMDEN Go Points of Interest North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program The North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program was established in 1935 as an effort to standardize the practice of marking significant historical sites through-out North Carolina. In Camden County the seven historical silver and black markers represent the: Battle of South Mills Dismal Swamp Canal Dempsey Burgess Isaac Gregory Lemuel Sawyer William Reed McBride Church Shiloh Baptist Church For more information on the program and the Camden markers go to: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program For even more information regarding the Battle of South Mills, visit the Camden County Heritage Museum, VisitCamdenCountyNC and Battle of South Mills websites. Battle Of South Mills Brochure Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center On the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal and US Highway 17, visitors and natives will find Eco-tourism opportunities including: Hiking Biking Birding Paddling Photography The Welcome Center greets highway and boating traffic and provides assistance to the traveling public. Over 500 brochures provide information on travel destinations throughout the state. The complex has a 3 mile asphalt trail with a highway extension into South Mills, totaling 4.5 miles. Paddlers can launch their canoe or kayak by the Pedestrian bridge to the Park. For more information go to: www.dismalswampwelcomecenter.com Download the Camden County & Dismal Swamp Brochure. Dismal Swamp Canal The historic Dismal Swamp Canal, which was completed in 1805, is the oldest hand-dug waterway in the country still in use today. The Canal is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and has been entered into the National Register of Historic Places, designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and recognized as part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. It is part of both the NC and VA Civil War Trails. Today, approximately 1,500 to 2,000 pleasure boats cruise through the waters each year, enjoying the mystery the area has to offer. For more information go to: Dismal Swamp Canal Dismal Swamp State Park The Dismal Swamp State Park provides an interactive visitor experience with the ecology of the Great Dismal Swamp. Here, you can learn about the varieties of flora, fauna and wildlife and explore the mysteries of the swamp's history. The swamp supports a large variety of migratory neo-tropical birds, mammals, (including the Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew, black bear and bobcat), reptiles and amphibians. The Park provides a boardwalk into the swamp and 20 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. For more information go to: Dismal Swamp State Park Click here to see what the Dismal Swamp State Park has to offer visitors. Camden County's Historic Jailhouse Explore Camden's history from 1777 to the present with interpretive stories, artifacts and talented docents located in the heart of Camden County. The historic Jail is a well-preserved reminder of incarceration in the early 1900s. For more information visit the Camden County Heritage Museum. Contact: camdenmuseum1777@gmail.com For Camden County Tourism go to VisitCamdenCountyNC or contact: 252-771-8333 or dswelcome@camdencountync.gov North River Campground North River Campground, located on Garrington Island Road in Shawboro, NC offers visitors a wide range of amenities including large full hook-up RV sites with 20-30-50 amp service, studio apartments, motel rooms, separate tent sites, picnic tables, convenience store, laundry room, LP gas on site, bath houses with hot showers, firewood/ice, fire rings, swimming pool, wireless internet, cable television, 5 acre stocked lake (fishing allowed), enclosed pavilion with kitchen - rentable for party groups, RV and boat storage and boat ramp access to the river. For more information visit www.northrivercampground.com Upcoming Events Fri Dec 03 @ 5:30PM - Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Sat Dec 04 @11:00AM - South Mills Christmas Parade Mon Dec 06 @ 8:30AM - Board of Commissioners Meeting Mon Dec 06 @ 9:00AM - Board of Elections Tue Dec 07 @ 5:15PM - Senior Advisory Board Thu Dec 09 @ 6:00PM - P & R Advisory Board Meeting Mon Dec 13 @ 3:30PM - Library Adult Book Club Tue Dec 14 @ 5:00PM - DSS Board Meeting Thu Dec 23 Christmas - Library Closed Thu Dec 23 @ 8:00AM - 05:00PM Christmas - County Offices Closed View Full Calendar Selecteer een taal▼ © Camden County, NC 2021 • PO Box 190 Camden, NC 27921 • (252) 338-1919 Web Design by Top Hat Computing