The South Edisto River borders the island on the west and is the only side where fresh water meets salt water. The rivers source from more than 100 miles away in Edgefield and Saluda counties.

Paddlers have navigated the gentle current of the Edisto River for centuries, but a new website promises to enhance the experience for modern day canoers and kayakers.

On a summer evening in 1780, Parker’s Ferry was the site of an incredible patriot victory during the Revolutionary War. Now, it’s a sandy beach with Spanish moss-draped trees.

Rising from Saluda and Edgefield counties, the Edisto corkscrews 250 miles along the Lowcountry to the sea and forms the “E” of the critical ACE Basin water system.

Seven-30’s Wayne Phillips and Rudy Mancke visit Edisto Island. ... But notice how nature has always been a great recycler. Using things over and over again.

The Edisto river, with its countless swampy bends, contains many of these isolated “oxbow” lakes, remnants of this pristine’s ancient past as it meandered back and forth across the bottomland.

The Edisto River has many moods. It can be dark and furious during a Lowcountry storm, when the Spanish moss is blown horizontal by the wind and the black waters dance with rain. It can show quiet ...