Blackwater Rising

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Issue

February 2010

Just fifteen miles east of Myrtle Beach, Conway’s eclectic shops, resident artists and lumbering river offer an escape from everything ordinary.

Photographs by

Peter Frank Edwards

The Waccamaw River cuts a stunning figure under historic Conway's Main Street bridge.

Eclectic shops and restaurants line Conway's historic downtown streets, attracting swathes of residents and tourists to meander its springtime sidewalks.

The spot sandwich is a local favorite at the Ocean Fish Market.

Barbara and Ed Streeter practice the Venetian style of glassblowing, creating bright handmade glass art pieces from their Conway shop.

Jennings Chestnut, owner of Chestnut Mandolins Music Shoppe, displays two of his stringed, handmade beauties that he sells to musicians from around the world.

Boats await their next opportunity to cut the currents of the Waccamaw River.