has a floodplain of largely oak-cypress-gum swamp forest
runs for 115 river miles to the NC-SC boundary just downstream of Fair Bluff, NC
was made part of the NC Trails System in 1978 as the Lumber River Canoe Trail
was added to the NC Natural and Scenic River System in 1989
was added to the National Wild and Scenic River System (NWSRS) in 1996 (one of four in NC – the only one of which is a blackwater river)
81 river miles are designated scenic and/or recreational in the NWSRS
is home to the Lumber River State Park, for which there are two access points by road: Chalk Banks and Princess Ann Landing. There are also several canoe landing/camping sites
flows into the Little Pee Dee River just past mile 115
