Historic Duck Impoundments on the Santee Delta
At the heart of South Carolinas renowned Santee Delta, lies 5,801-acre Kinloch Plantation. Comprising 14 rice plantations along the Eastern Seaboards largest river delta, Kinloch is surrounded by a tapestry of prestigious waterfowl hunting estates and vast acreages of preserved state and federal land. Here, a unique convergence of salt and freshwater conspires with the land to create a sportsmans Eden, where tens of thousands of migrating ducks touch down each winter. Come spring, schools of spawning shad leave the ocean to swim upriver an ancient ritual unmarred by time.
Rich in history, Kinloch boasts a restored 18th century rice mill (listed on the National Register), as well as an authentic 15-room hunting lodge. Built in 1923, the lodge features murals painted by famed waterfowl artist Richard Bishop and stands where the original plantation house once was. An oak and magnolia...
Rich in history, Kinloch boasts a restored 18th century rice mill (listed on the National Register), as well as an authentic 15-room hunting lodge. Built in 1923, the lodge features murals painted by famed waterfowl artist Richard Bishop and stands where the original plantation house once was. An oak and magnolia allee leads to the historic site, which is surrounded by moss laden live oaks and flowering azaleas, and overlooks a picturesque 25-acre lake. Two guest cottages, a managers house, a foremans house, a cooking shed, a sporting clays course, offices and various farm buildings populate the property.
Encompassing 2,400 acres of meticulously managed waterfowl impoundments and 2,700 acres of lush marshlands and islands, as well as 700 acres of verdant upland, Kinloch offers an outdoor recreational platform like no other. Known for its exceptional duck hunting, the plantation also harbors flourishing turkey and deer populations within a mosaic of field and woodland. Theres a reason why the families of Eugene duPont and Ted Turner have enjoyed and stewarded this remarkable property on the banks of the North Santee for a combined total of nearly 100 years.
Located just 10 miles from the Georgetown airport, 28 miles from the beaches of Pawleys Island, and a mere 50 miles from the historic charm of downtown Charleston, Kinloch is the ideal retreat for family and friends a combination of unparalleled wildness and seclusion, with easy access by plane or car. Rich in culture and ecological diversity, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of protected lands and waters, the Santee Delta offers a rare East Coast landscape of conservation and tranquility.
Permanently protected through a conservation easement with Ducks Unlimited.
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