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Convenient
to Historic Downtown Edenton (incorporated in 1722), John's Island
offers two single platforms and one cluster of three platforms. Not
an actual island, the protective elbow of swamp and hardwoods keeps
prevailing winds and currents from harshly attacking Edenton's
beautiful waterfront. The five platforms are strategically located
on the northern side of the 'island' along Pembroke Creek. Easily
accessible from four different launch points, each is only a
ten-minute paddle or short boat ride to your overnight destination.
You can choose from a floating dock at Colonial Waterfront Park, a
boat ramp at Edenton Marina, a launch platform at Pembroke Creek
Park, or a boat ramp at Pembroke Creek Marina. The platforms are
located along the Pembroke Creek Paddle Trail and a short distance
from the Queen Anne Creek Paddle Trail, both of which are part of
the Albemarle Regional Canoe and Small Boat Trails System. Historic
documents state the Honorable Francis Corbin, Land Agent for Lord
Granville, owned a plantation house on the currently undeveloped
'island' in the 1750s. Corbin also built the Historic Cupola House
in Edenton in 1758. Legend also claims the 'island' housed a
hospital for quarantined patients during the Civil War. Now only
inhabited by an abundance of wildlife and flora, John's Island
provides the nature lover the opportunity to be close to the heart
of Historic Edenton yet isolated from noise and congestion of
civilization. |
