This unique ecosystem that will take your breath away with simple and beautiful features. Part hardwood forest, part swamp, Merchants Millpond State Park is a unique ecosystem that will take your ...

Merchants Millpond State Park features what caretakers say is one of North Carolina's rarest ecologies: a combination of coastal pond, southern swamp forest and upland forest environments that ...

From this huge lake, I made my way to Merchants Millpond State Park. I had begun to notice that lots of stuffed animals are shown in the eastern visitor centers, and almost everyone has a bear.

A.B. Coleman talks about why he donated 919 acres to the state of North Carolina to create the Merchants Millpond State Park. This video dates from the 1980s.

Park superintendent Jay Greenwood said decaying parrot feather likely has depleted oxygen levels in the pond at Merchants Millpond State Park, suffocating about 125,000 bass, bluegill and catfish.

Growing up in Charlotte, Williams never heard of Merchants Millpond. He graduated from West Charlotte High in 1972 and North Carolina State in 1976, then looked for a job with state parks.

”It was a good quick getaway.” TRIP TO MILLPOND * The Virginia Living Museum is sponsoring a trip to Merchants Millpond State Park on Saturday, Aug. 7, 6:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

McDiarmid Millpond dam at Carvers Creek State Park has been repaired after being damaged four years ago. The pond has been refilled.

Cory Routh sent a photo of a massive alligator on the shoreline when he was canoeing at Merchants Millpond State Park in North Carolina. See my blog for an up-date on the latest trials and ...