Ashley River
The Ashley River is a blackwater and tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about 5 miles west of Summerville, widening into a tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Also known as: “Ashly River”, “Church Creek”, “Coppain Creek”, “Cuppain Creek”, “Hoopers Creek”, and “Kiawah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include White Point Garden and Exchange and Provost.
White Point Garden
Park
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White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery, a defensive seawall and promenade.
Exchange and Provost
Museum
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The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in Charleston, South Carolina.
Nathaniel Russell House
Museum
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The Nathaniel Russell House is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.
French Quarter
Quarter
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The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
Ashley River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Ashley River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ashley”
- Cebuano: “Ashley River”
- Chinese: “阿什利河”
- German: “Ashley River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ashley”
- Korean: “애슐리강”
- Persian: “رود اشلی”
- Venetian: “Ashley”
- Welsh: “Afon Ashley”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Point and Villa Margherita.
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