Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 12: Santee Canal, Locks #2 - #10
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      The Santee Canal began at White Oak Bluff on the Santee River. Henry Mouzon, the original surveyor had determined the river was normally 270 feet wide and 18- 20 feet deep at this point. Col. John Christian Senf, the engineer, designed the canal to be 35 feet wide at the surface, 3...
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Journey down the Santee
Part 1: Tom & Huck set out
By John Cely jecely@sc.rr.com
      In May of 1966 my friend Heyward Douglass and I made a float trip down the Santee River. We put in at the old Sawdust Pile landing, sometimes known as Trezevant's, just below the confluence of the Wateree and the Congaree, and took out four days later at McClellanville.
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