It covers 9234 acres (32 km2) along a 115-mile (185-km) stretch of the Lumber River.

The lower Lumber River was designated as a State Canoe Trail in 1984.

The route, just south of the banks of the Lumber River, goes through mostly farmland.

Of the state's eastern rivers, only the Lumber River escaped catastrophic flooding.

It would spill its treated wastes into the Lumber River above the water intake that supplies the town of Lumberton.

Currently, the Lumber River is a highly prized recreation corridor in North Carolina.

Moreover, numerous swamps that generally flow in a northwest to southeast course, characterize the area and eventually drain into the Lumber River.

They had camps and settlements near the Lumber River for its water, transportation, fish and related wildife resources.

In 1809, the state legislature renamed Drowning Creek as the Lumber River, after the area's major industry.

The Lumber River has been classified as natural, scenic and recreational.