Paddling in North Carolina
The following destinations are reports and descriptions of places to canoe or kayak in North Carolina. Read, enjoy, or contribute your canoeing or kayaking report below. If you would like to submit a report an an unlisted destination,
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Albemarle Sound 
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Bear Creek 
Bear Creek Lake
Bear Island (Hammocks Beach SP) 
Beaver Dam Lake
Bennett's Creek
Bird Island
Black River
Buckhorn Reservoir
Cape Fear
Cape Fear River (Northeast)
Cape Lookout
Carolina Blackwater Rivers
Cashie River
Catawba River
Coastal North Carolina
Conteninea Creek
Crabtree Creek
Crabtree Lake
Croatan Sound
Dan River
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- Day Trip Report - Jul 20, 2007
- Destination Report - Aug 30, 2006
- Day Trip Report - Aug 05, 2005
- Day Trip Report - Sep 27, 2004
- Day Trip Report - Jun 11, 2004
- Day Trip Report - Sep 13, 2002
- Day Trip Report - Dec 31, 2001
Deep River
Eno River
Falls Reservoir
Fontana Lake
French Broad
Gardner's Creek
Great Coharie Creek
Green River
Haw River
High Rock Lake
Horseshoe Lake (aka Suggs Mill Pond)
Jonathans Creek / Pigeon River
Jordan Lake State Rec. Area
Kerr Lake (aka JH Kerr Reservoir)
Kerr Scott Reservoir
Lake Fontana
Lake James
Lake Mackintosh
Lake Norman
Lake Santeetlah
Little Coharie Creek
Little Pee Dee River
Little River
Lumber River
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- Day Trip Report - Aug 31, 2012
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- Day Trip Report - Jun 04, 2010
- Day Trip Report - Jun 05, 2007
- Weekend Trip Report - May 25, 2006
- Weekend Trip Report - Dec 13, 2005
- Weekend Trip Report - Jul 01, 2005
- Weekend Trip Report - May 13, 2005
- Extended Trip Report - Apr 01, 2004
- Weekend Trip Report - Dec 19, 2003
- Weekend Trip Report - Mar 05, 2003
Maritime Forest
Merchants Millpond State Park
Merchants Millpond State Park
Moss Lake
Mountain Island Lake
Neuse River
- Day Trip Report - Dec 29, 2010
- Weekend Trip Report - Feb 05, 2009
- Weekend Trip Report - Dec 06, 2007
- Day Trip Report - Nov 29, 2007
- Day Trip Report - Nov 07, 2007
- Day Trip Report - Oct 17, 2007
- Day Trip Report - Jul 18, 2007
- Extended Trip Report - May 05, 2005
- Day Trip Report - Jul 05, 2002
- Destination Report - Jul 03, 2001
New River (Northwest)
New River (Southeast)
Old Sparta River
Pamlico Sound
Portsmouth Island
Roanoke River
Rocky River
Scuppernong River
Shackleford Banks
Shearon Harris Reservoir
Shelter Creek
Smith River
South River
South Yadkin River
The Basin - Zekes Island
Trent River
Tuckasegee River
Uwharrie River
Watauga River
Wright Creek
Yadkin River
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OUTFITTERS (The following companies offer trips in North Carolina) -
Kitty Hawk Sports
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Liquid Adventures Kayak School
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