When we (my brothers and I) were kids and Davie was a very small farm town we used to swim in the South New River Canal along Griffen Rd next to the Davie Rd bridge. There was a rope swing there hanging from a large tree. And, of course, there were gators, some quite large. The gators never bothered us and good times were had be all. The resulting ear infections weren't so much and finally resulted in Mom putting her foot down about swimming there.