Historical Marker
The Canal Bed
Historical marker location:
Fort Lawn, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Park Drive near Landsford Road (South Carolina Highway 843), on the right when traveling north.)
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.