Elijah Clark State Park is a
Georgia
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state park
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located in
Lincolnton, on the western shore of
Lake Strom Thurmond
Lake Strom Thurmond, officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a reservoir at the border between Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin.
Description
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. The park is named for
Elijah Clarke
Elijah Clarke (1742 – December 15, 1799) was an American military officer and Georgia legislator.
Career
Elijah Clarke was born near Tarboro in Edgecombe County, Province of North Carolina, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Caro ...
, a frontiersman and war hero who led a force of pioneers in Georgia during the
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...
. A reconstructed
log cabin
A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers.
Eur ...
displays colonial life with furniture and tools dating back to 1780. The park is also the site of the graves of Clark and his wife, Hannah. The park's location on the lake makes it popular with fishermen.
Facilities
*160 tent/trailer/
RV campsites
*20 Cottages
*10 Walk-In Campsites
*2 Group Shelters
*Beach
*Nature trail
*4 Picnic Shelters
*1 Pioneer Campground
*20 lake-front
cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a Cotter (farmer), cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager ...
s
*
Miniature golf course
*Children's
playground
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Annual events
*Arts & Crafts Festival (
Memorial Day
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Monda ...
weekend)
*Bluegrass Festival (May)
*Old Timer's Festival (October)
References
External links
Georgia State Parks
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State parks of Georgia (U.S. state)
Protected areas of Lincoln County, Georgia