Santee Cooper country offers a lot of everything

This travel article from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism highlights the Santee Region. It encompasses Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter counties and hosts a wide array of museums and historical sites, antique-filled downtowns, expansive public gardens and secluded hiking trails, thousands of acres of pristine wetlands and forests, plantation homes, lake and river tours, an impressive dam and lock, and 15 area golf courses