Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum
Preserving Our Natural Beauty
Furnace Town is situated in the middle of the Pocomke Forest and Pocomoke Swamp. A wide diversity of flora and fauna thrive all around us. Many unique species can be found within our borders including the Pink Lady Slipper Orchid and Black Squirrel. Birders from all over the world make Furnace Town a pit stop for the varities of bids seen and heard here: the Pileated Woodpecker, the Barred Owl, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Billed Cuckoo, Hawks, Eagles, and so many more! If you like reptiles (and who doesn't) we have Box Turtles, Black Snakes, and one of our favorites the Skink (Lizard). All of these can also be seen from the water. We are close to the canoe/kayak launch to the Nassawango Creek, which connects to the Pocomoke River.
Furnace Town is bordered on the east by a portion of The Nassawango Preserve of The Nature Conservancy. In the 1980's the Conservancy developed a one-mile walking trail skirting the Nassawango Swamp and in places crossing the swamp with a series of boardwalks. A section of the trail is on the towpath which bordered the Canal used during the time of the Furnace. The trail is maintained by volunteers from The Nassawango Stewardship Committee.
The Nature Conservancy
Please visit The Nature Conservancy at:
www.nature.org
www.nature.org
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