This stretch of the waterway has many vacation resorts and is busy with small boat traffic. Below Little River the ICW route enters a 26-mile-long high-banked land cut known as Pine Island Cut. The ICW goes through an area known as the "Rock Pile" due to the rock ledges on both sides of the channel. Boaters entering the Myrtle Beach area will see continous shoreline development, stately residences, and golf courses.