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The North River is a
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river, approximately 18 miles (29 km) long, in eastern
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, the
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. It forms the boundary between Currituck and Camden counties. The river rises in the ''Great Swamp'', 10 miles east of
Elizabeth City, North Carolina Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,629. Elizabeth City is the county seat and largest city of Pasquotank County. It ...
at the juncture of ''Indiantown Creek''. The river's mouth, where it is approximately four miles wide, is in
Albemarle Sound Albemarle Sound () is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a bar ...
, midway between the mouth of the
Pasquotank River The Pasquotank River
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
Currituck Sound Currituck Sound ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
to the east. The lower two-thirds of the river is part of the
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. A reservation was established for the Weapemeoc (Yeopim) tribe in 1704 along the North River. A total of 10, 240 acres were set aside for this tribe. However, due to rampant colonialism, this reservation was disestablished and subsequently sold to settlers in 1739.Yeopim, ncmarkers.com


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Rivers of North Carolina Landforms of Currituck County, North Carolina Landforms of Camden County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-river-stub