User:Lordgilman/mcdowell
| McDowell Nature Preserve | |
|---|---|
| Type | Nature reserve, Historic site |
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Area | XXX need new source1,411 acres (571 ha)
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| Created | XXX 1994[1] |
| Administered by | Mecklenburg County |
| Open | XXX need source Sunrise to sunset |
Named after John McDowell, former chairman of the Mecklenburg Recreation Commission and seventh generation meck resident.
[2]
originally just 141 acres. replaced "Lake Wylie Park". land donated from "crescent land and timber corp"
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the "nc wildlife commission" owned the existing boat ramp north of this small park. (that just had camping?)
several people drowned in the first year, they ended swimming https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11260DC9BB798E30%2540EANX-NB-15FAAD63F3A3DD58%25402443333-16067793C222A1E9%254024-16067793C222A1E9%2540/hlterms%3A%2522mcdowell%2520park%2522
why was lake wylie park closed?
very popular: they had to close the gates early on https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11260DC9BB798E30%2540EANX-NB-15FAAD65B9C9A822%25402443811-1605D726E1B6B30A%254029-1605D726E1B6B30A%2540/hlterms%3A%2522mcdowell%2520park%2522
camp steere "Camp Steere, established in 1926 for white boys and named for James E. Steere, Mecklenburg Scout Executive (1917-1941), and Camp Oak for Negro boys, established in 1950, have been among the more important Scout activities.
" https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/hornets-nest-book-two/health-and-welfare
they proposed an entrance fee in the 1980s! but it failed. and then again in 1988 https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11260DC9BB798E30%2540EANX-NB-15FAAD7A6E87315E%25402444466-15E3478AE16DF7CE%254068-15E3478AE16DF7CE%2540/hlterms%3A%2522mcdowell%2520park%2522
"southwest nature preserve" is the name of the nearby park
there was an aviary!
the "choate house" inside of the park??? https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB6C36A29423A11
hurricane hugo closed the park https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F244C774AB3744E
it took two years to clean up from it https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB6C70363B329A7
another attempt at renaming copperhead park in 1992 https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F2445863A34F5F2
pavillion opened after aug 28 1994 https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F2446495790F7DA
SEARCH:
"McDowell Park" / "McDowell Nature"
"John McDowell"
"Lake Wylie Park"
"Copperhead Island" / "Copperhead Access"
"Dodge City Piedmont Prairie Restoration Site"
"camp steer" / "camp steere"
"southwest nature preserve" / "southwest nature center"
"mcdowell park aviary"
prairie developed in 1995
dodge city: nearby prarie on NC 49/shopton road west. named after a small amusement park opened there in the 1930s.
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Copperhead Island
"In 1989, before many of the south Charlotte suburbs were developed, Mecklenburg County voters approved a $1.6million bond to develop Copperhead Island. After protests by nearby residents in Steele Creek, the money was re-routed. Grand plans for an island resort died, replaced by six primitive campsites, the shelter for up to 100 picnickers and a mile-long, winding paved trail."
it is not snake infested
was run by a private company until ~2001 (the camping was run... the island's ownership by the county probably older)
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shooting at copperhead island in 2003: https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0FA7946CB18E6212
camping cloned by hurricane frances https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1054F14443B10CD8
deer hunts occasionally
palisades park is built in land across the street from it, and the palisades schools are built on that land too
"McDowell Nature Center opened July 27, 1985, on land that once was a Boy Scout camp"
home to woman's water polo tryouts. NB in 2014 it moved to lake wylie
https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/fort-mill-times/article11563409.html
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"7 miles of trails" mentioned in a few articles
coyotes appeared in 2001 and started eating people's cats https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy141.nclive.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0EB90D8C549AE593&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F176D0D5480887598
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Big Rock Nature Preserve". Parks and Recreation. Mecklenburg County. Archived from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ^ "Lake Park Named For McDowell". Charlotte Observer. 1974-11-19.
- ^ Gubbins, Pat Borden (2000-11-08). "Fertile Programs Saving Mecklenburg's Praries". Charlotte Observer.
- ^ Parsons, Jay (2001-06-09). "Urban Refuge Mostly Unknown, Unvisited Copperhead Island Invites Picnickers, Campers To Quiet Oasis". Charlotte Observer.