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Originally acquired by the Navy Department in 1800, Blackbeard
Island was named for Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard the Pirate. Although no
evidence has been discovered, rumors of Blackbeard's buried treasure still
flourish.
Blackbeard Island is comprised of interconnecting linear dunes
thickly covered by oak/palmetto vegetation. There are approximately 1,163 acres
of open freshwater or freshwater marsh, 2,000 acres of regularly flooded salt
marsh, 2,115 acres of maritime forest, and 340 acres of sandy beach.
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