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2. Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of ...

3. Learning how to surf? A Wilmington-area beach makes a ... - AOL

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   But the one Wilmington-area beach that did make the list was Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. According to The Inertia, a lot of factors can make a wave a good beginning spot: the speed, slope ...

4. What's behind the name of this New Hanover beach town ... - AOL

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   Related coverage: Wrightsville Beach among best beaches in North Carolina, according to a USA TODAY poll The town bears the name of Joshua Grainger Wright, a judge who lived and worked in ...

5. Figure Eight Island - Wikipedia

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   Figure Eight Island is located just north of Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington. The island has an area of 1,300 acres (526 ha), [ 1 ] most of which is marshland . Between the northernmost part of Figure Eight and Lea-Hutaff Island lies Rich Inlet, one of the few natural inlets in North Carolina. [ 49 ]

6. Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge in 2014 (foreground) Construction of the first Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771 (equal to $3,368,405 today), which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company.

7. Well-known Wrightsville Beach resort will rebrand with ... - AOL

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   September 10, 2024 at 12:56 PM. The 60-year-old Blockade Runner Beach Resort in Wrightsville Beach will undergo a comprehensive renovation and rebrand as Trailborn Surf & Sound in early 2025. The ...

8. List of shipwrecks of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Ran aground near Chicomacomico. Stormy Petrel: 1864 Iron-hulled sidewheel blockade runner; sunk at Kure Beach. [6] Suloide Brazil: 26 March 1943 Brazilian cargo ship; sank after striking the submerged wreck of W. E. Hutton. Tamaulipas United States: 10 April 1942 American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-552. [48

9. Kure Beach, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Kure Beach (/ ˈkjʊəri / KURE-ee) [6] is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census. It is found on Pleasure Island directly south of the Wilmington Beach annex of Carolina Beach ...