"Museum's staff. The exhibits are Reflections in Black and White, and Make it Work, an exhibit about simple machines and maritime work An in-house exhibit on Smoking is on display in the Collections Selection space. Cape Fear Museum Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is a museum located at 814 Market Street in downtown Wilmington in southeastern North Carolina. Founded in 1898, it is the oldest history museum in the state. The Cape Fear Museum was founded in 1898 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to preserve artifacts relating to the Civil War. Today,"
"that provides scenic trips across the Cape Fear River to the NC Aquarium and Civil War battleground site at Fort Fisher. Caswell Beach, North Carolina Caswell Beach is a small, sleepy, seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 398 in the 2010 census. Prominent features include the Civil War era Fort Caswell, the Oak Island Lighthouse which is co-located with the Oak Island Coast Guard Station, and the Oak Island Golf Club, the"
"Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Measuring below a line drawn from Brant Rock in Marshfield to Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, it is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to the west. To the north of Cape Cod Bay lie Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the Gulf of Maine. Cape Cod Bay is one of the bays adjacent to Massachusetts that give it the name Bay State. The"
"at the Cape Fear River which was carrying a group of Puerto Rican laborers to Fayetteville, North Carolina to aid in the construction of Camp Bragg. Twenty-eight of the laborers died from the disease and were interred at Wilmington National Cemetery. Wilmington National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. There is one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Artillery Gunner of World War II. Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Wilmington, in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States"
"Fear, North Carolina to the mouth of the Santee River in South Carolina, and a hurricane warning existed from Chincoteague, Virginia to Cape Fear. Landfall forecasts were very accurate; from three days prior, the average track forecast error for its landfall was only 36 miles (58 km), and for 48 hours in advance the average track error was 18 miles (29 km). Officials declared mandatory evacuations for 24 counties in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, though in general not many left. According to a survey conducted by the United States Department of Commerce, evacuation rates were estimated as follows; 45%"
"Cape Fear region: Brunswick County (since 2009 part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area), New Hanover County, and Pender County. As of the 2000 census, the three counties had a combined population of 274,532, at which time all were part of the Wilmington metropolitan area. In 2010 the population of the three counties was 362,315. The coastal communities boast a large, seasonal tourism industry leading to much higher populations in the summer months and lower populations in the winter months. Two additional counties, Bladen and Columbus, are occasionally included as part of the Cape Fear region, as are Duplin, Onslow,"
"United States by the Travel Channel and is one of the Top Ten Attractions in North Carolina. The Cape Fear Conservatory, the visitor’s first stop in the aquarium, features freshwater life. In this large, tree-filled atrium, streams, ponds and swamps are home to frogs, snakes, bass, catfish, and perch. Box turtles hide among the Conservatory’s groundcover. American alligators native to North Carolina occupy one of the larger exhibits in the Conservatory. An albino alligator exhibit opened in 2009. In 2006, the aquarium opened an exhibit featuring the venomous snakes of the region, including several species of rattlesnake, copperheads, and cottonmouths."
"Delaware Bay Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States. Approximately in area, the bay's fresh water mixes for many miles with the salt water of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is bordered inland by the States of New Jersey and Delaware, and the Delaware Capes, Cape Henlopen and Cape May, on the Atlantic. The Delaware Bay is bordered by six counties: Sussex, Kent, and New Castle in Delaware, along with Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem in New Jersey. The Cape May–Lewes Ferry crosses the Delaware Bay from Cape May,"
"the facility is situated on an Army-owned site on the banks of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover counties of North Carolina approximately south of Wilmington, North Carolina. An additional was set aside on Pleasure Island (location of Carolina, Kure, and Fort Fisher beaches) as a buffer zone around the facility. It is the key ammunition shipping point on the Atlantic Coast for the Department of Defense and the Army's primary east coast deep-water port. The Terminal is not an open post and access is restricted. No access is available to the non-assigned active military, retirees, or"
"Haw River The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the ""Hau River"" by John Lawson, an English botanist, in his 1709 book ""A New Voyage to Carolina."" The name is shortened from Saxapahaw, from the Catawban ""/sak'yápha:/"", ""piedmont, foothill"", from ""/sak/"", ""hill"", plus ""/yápha:/"", ""step"". The river gives its name to a small town that formed on its banks. The Haw rises in the Piedmont country, in northeast Forsyth County, near the"
"Cape Cod Canal The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The approximately canal traverses the narrow neck of land joining Cape Cod to the state's mainland. Most of its length follows tidal rivers widened to and deepened to at mean low water, shaving off the journey around the Cape for its approximately 14,000 annual users. Most of the canal is located in Bourne, Massachusetts, but its northeastern terminus is in Sandwich, Massachusetts."
"Cape Cod Cape Cod is a geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. As defined by the Cape Cod Commission's enabling legislation, Cape Cod is conterminous with Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It extends from Provincetown in the northeast to Woods Hole in the southwest, and is bordered by Plymouth to the northwest. Since 1914, most of Cape Cod has been separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal. The canal cuts roughly across the"
"Fear into a tidal estuary. The river is known for having a wide variety of fish species, ranging from several types of sunfish and catfish, as well as largemouth bass. Black River (North Carolina) The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. It is formed in southern Sampson County, approximately 15 mi. (24 km) south of Clinton, by confluence of two creeks: Great Coharie and Six Runs. It flows SSE, receiving the South River approximately 30 mi (48 km) south of Clinton. It"
"Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. 5.1% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Tar Heel, North Carolina Tar Heel is a town located in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 117. Tar Heel is home to the largest pig processing plant in the world which opened in 1992, operated by Smithfield Foods and is located just north of the town limits. Tar Heel is located at (34.732353, -78.792284), on the banks of the Cape Fear River. Its major"
"Cape Fear shiner, a critically endangered minnow, inhabits the river. Deep River rises in the Piedmont country in western Guilford County, east of Kernersville. It flows southeast past High Point and Randleman, forming the Randleman Lake. It passes northeast of Asheboro, then flows east to Franklinville then to Ramseur, then passing north of Sanford. The Rocky River enters the Deep River at the White Pines Nature Preserve. Deep River joins Haw River at Mermaid Point near Haywood, just below the Haw's emergence from Jordan Lake, to form the Cape Fear River. Deep River has 12 dams or relict dam structures"
"2010, the United States government sold the Frying Pan Shoals Light Station through a sealed bid auction. Frying Pan Shoals The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. The shoals have been a hazard to ships in the area since the beginning of European exploration of the area; the area is littered with shipwrecks. The southern edge of the shoals have been marked by a lightship, a light tower and a buoy. From May 1994 to August 2008, over 130 new shipwreck locations have been discovered"
"Cape Fear in North Carolina from the high waves; no one was killed as the sailors were rescued by the United States Coast Guard on June 19. Flooding was reported with tides of two to three feet in the Carolinas. Rainfall from the subtropical storm reached both states, reaching maximum peaks of up to five inches (127 mm) on the Georgia coast and seven inches on the Georgia/South Carolina border. Rainfall totaled to about one inch (25 mm) on the Virginian coast. A ship encountered winds of a minimum tropical storm with gusts as high as a maximum tropical storm."
"Corncake Inlet, North Carolina Corncake Inlet was a historical (channel) located on the Cape Fear region in the Brunswick County of North Carolina just south of Federal Point. The Channel is now closed and the original coordinates for Corncake Inlet placed it within the 28461 ZIP Code delivery area, and the approximate elevation is unknown above sea level. The presence of this channel dates back to 1938. Coordinates: 33.9190632°N, -77.9444314°W Category: North Carolina physical, cultural and historic features On September 7, 1995, rip currents produced by Hurricane Luis caused the death of one person near Corncake Inlet, North Carolina.[1] High"
"Black River (North Carolina) The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. It is formed in southern Sampson County, approximately 15 mi. (24 km) south of Clinton, by confluence of two creeks: Great Coharie and Six Runs. It flows SSE, receiving the South River approximately 30 mi (48 km) south of Clinton. It flows southeast through Pender County, past the Moores Creek National Battlefield, and joins the Cape Fear approximately 10 mi (16 km) northwest of Wilmington, near the broadening of the Cape"
"the west bank of the Cape Fear River as an expansion of the Port of Wilmington. The Cape Fear region is situated on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. A large portion of the region is low-lying wetlands, most notably the Green Swamp, which is one of the rare habitats of the Venus flytrap. The Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River are the deeper prominent rivers that flow through the region, with minor rivers like the Lockwood Folly River, Brunswick River, and Shallotte River providing access for small watercraft of small communities. Three counties form the core of the"
"Frying Pan Shoals The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. The shoals have been a hazard to ships in the area since the beginning of European exploration of the area; the area is littered with shipwrecks. The southern edge of the shoals have been marked by a lightship, a light tower and a buoy. From May 1994 to August 2008, over 130 new shipwreck locations have been discovered in the area encompassing Frying Pan Shoals. The area is also a great fishing destination. In May"
"rock formation along the river. The other leads to the Overlook, a small manmade stone structure high above the Cape Fear River, giving a clear view of both the river and the undeveloped woodlands. The following state parks are within of Raven Rock State Park: Raven Rock State Park Raven Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Harnett County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Lillington, North Carolina, it covers along the banks of the Cape Fear River. Raven Rock State Park is located on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. Raven Rock State Park"
"Courthouse and Raeford Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Raeford is located in central Hoke County at (34.981800, -79.227469). It is bordered to the northeast by Rockfish Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Cape Fear River. The southern part of the city drains to Toneys Creek, a south-flowing component of the Lumber River–Pee Dee River–Waccamaw River watershed. U.S. Route 401 runs through the north and west sides of Raeford, leading east to Fayetteville and southwest to Laurinburg. U.S. 401 Business passes through the center of town as Harris Avenue and East Central Avenue. North Carolina"
"Haywood, North Carolina Haywood is an unincorporated community in southeastern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Moncure census-designated place. Along with several other unincorporated communities, it lies along the panhandle of Chatham County between Lee County and Wake County. Haywood lies at an elevation of . Haywood was settled in 1796 at the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers, which marks the beginning of the Cape Fear River. Before it was settled, Haywood was one of the sites considered in 1788 as a possible location for North Carolina's new capital, although Raleigh was ultimately"
"United States has six provinces throughout the country. Together with the two provinces in Canada, the Province of Australia and the Custody of the Mariana Islands/Hawaii they form the North American-Pacific Capuchin Conference (NAPCC). The Province of St. Joseph, originally the Province of Calvary, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, was one of the first two Capuchin Provinces to be established in the country in 1882. It was founded by Francis Haas (1826–1895) and Bonaventure Frey (1831–1912), two Swiss diocesan priests who arrived in the United States in September 1856, and were received into the then-Diocese of Milwaukee by Bishop John Henni,"
"Cape May National Wildlife Refuge The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area on the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Established in January 1989 with acquired from the Nature Conservancy, it has since grown to more than in size, and plans call for its further expansion to more than . It comprises three distinct and disjunct units: the Delaware Bay Division, the Great Cedar Swamp Division, and the Two Mile Beach Unit. Located in the"
"Cape Fear and Roanoke River basins. It has been introduced to an unspecified location in the Chesapeake Bay basin in Pennsylvania. They have been collected in Lake Jocassee, Lake Keowee, Picalet River, Broad River, and Lake Murray in South Carolina. Stock obtained from the Cooper River, South Carolina, was released in Texas by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Lake Theo, Briscoe County, and at an unidentified research site in North Texas in 1982 (and in the upper Red River drainage). Bluebacks have been collected from Lake Champlain, Vermont, and have been stocked in several inland reservoirs in Virginia,"
"from their coastal villages up the Pee Dee River adjacent to a trading post the British founded in 1716. Chapman J. Milling writes in ""Red Carolinians"" that they eventually settled inland from Charleston in what is now known as Williamsburg County, South Carolina. In May 1749 provision was made by the Governor in Council to render them protection through supplying their representatives with fifty pounds of bullets and twenty five pounds of powder. There had previously been complaint that the Cape Fear were being abused and driven from nearby hunting lands by neighboring Europeans. It was ruled that they were"
"Cape May–Lewes Ferry The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay to connect North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9, and is the final crossing of the Delaware River-Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape May–Lewes Ferry, operated by the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA), consists of three ferry vessels and two terminal facilities. Its operations are based at its Cape May terminal, which is actually located in North Cape"
"concluding in 2025. The proposed Cape Fear Crossing will begin at I-140 at either its western terminus at US 17 or a new interchange site east (geographically north) of the western terminus. Interstate 140 (North Carolina) Interstate 140 and North Carolina Highway 140 (I-140 / NC 140) is a freeway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Broken into 2 designations, it serves as a bypass of Wilmington; providing a direct route between the Grand Strand and I-40. Officially known as the John Jay Burney Jr. Freeway, it is also known as the Wilmington Outer Loop, Wilmington Bypass and Northern"
"Caswell Beach, North Carolina Caswell Beach is a small, sleepy, seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean near the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 398 in the 2010 census. Prominent features include the Civil War era Fort Caswell, the Oak Island Lighthouse which is co-located with the Oak Island Coast Guard Station, and the Oak Island Golf Club, the sole business in town and one of the few eighteen-hole courses located on a North Carolina barrier island. Along with the"
"North Carolina Highway 211 North Carolina Highway 211 (NC 211) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It traverses mostly through the Sandhills and Coastal Plain regions of the state; connecting the cities of Candor, Aberdeen, Raeford, Lumberton, Bladenboro, and Southport. NC 211 is predominantly a two-lane rural highway that traverses for in a diagonal northwesterly route. Its southern terminus is at US 421, via the Fort Fisher Ferry Terminal, in Fort Fisher. Crossing the Cape Fear River on the Fisher-Southport Ferry, travelers enter the town of Southport; where the highway first goes through the"
"Tar Heel, North Carolina Tar Heel is a town located in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 117. Tar Heel is home to the largest pig processing plant in the world which opened in 1992, operated by Smithfield Foods and is located just north of the town limits. Tar Heel is located at (34.732353, -78.792284), on the banks of the Cape Fear River. Its major highways are NC 87 and NC 131. Fayetteville is to the north, Elizabethtown is to the southeast, and Lumberton is to the southwest. According"