Legend of Goat Island & Haw River Kayaking Info - Haw River, NC
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- čas přidán 8. 02. 2024
- Goat Island info with highlights of potentially troublesome kayaking areas around the island.
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Love that Island , probably been on it more than anyone. I grew up 1600' above the island. I used to hunt and trap on the island and fish all around it. Still fish there a few times a year.
If you are canoeing or kayaking the right channel is by far the better route to go dowm. too shallow on the left. The bridge used to go to a brick ranch house on the island but it is now gone. Too many floods. One night they had to rescue the people off the island as the flood waters were over the bridge road surface. They had to put a cable near the top of bridge and ferry the man and woman off the island. I think thats the last time they lived there. as to the goats the man before them neecessarily didnt want to raise them but he had them to help keep the Islands vegation down. If you look closely at the left channel at the top of the island there is a line of rocks going accross and then on the inside it goes down at a 90 degree angle, for sure put there by man. also back in the day(1900 or so) there was a cabin maybe 2000' above the island. The man had a pet bear he found when a cub and tamed it. he finally had to put it down when it bit him one day. lots of history in that area. we used to find arrowheads almost every time we plowed our garden. Mack
That is amazing, thank you so much for sharing! A lot of interesting history there, for sure. I’ve been waiting for some good high water to do another video and see what it looks like under those conditions.
Could you share how Goat Island received its name? One might speculate but there must be more to this story!
It’s my understanding that a man lived there years ago and raised herds of goats, some of the stories from that point diverge and get pretty bizarre.
I included links in the video description for more information.