11. It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay Lakes ( Bladen Lake Group ). 12. It is named for one of many Carolina Bays , whose origin story is not known. 13. 754 acres called the Vaught Tract, with 23 more Carolina Bays , were purchased in 2013. 14. The Carolina bays in southern Mississippi and Alabama are elliptical to roughly circular in shape. 15. In 1998, a $ 2.66 million section of Central Parkway, four lanes with a Carolina Bays Parkway. 16. Classes for educators and middle school students introduce the learner to the ecology of the Carolina Bays . 17. Among North Carolina's lakes are hundreds of elliptically-shaped lakes or ponds that are referred to as Carolina bays . 18. Singletary Lake is the deepest of the Carolina Bays at 11.8 feet ( 3.6 m ) but not the largest. 19. The Little Pee Dee runs its entire length through coastal lands of low relief that are pockmarked with Carolina bays . 20. As discussed by Gaiser and others, radiocarbon dates reported from any Carolina bay are all minimum dates for their formation.