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In October 2023, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved Bald Head Island Limited’s application to transfer the ferry, tram, parking, barge and tug services to SharpVue Capital LLC.
The construction of a lighthouse at the mouth of the Cape Fear River was authorized by the Commissioners of the Cape Fear in 1789. The commission specified that the light be built "at the extreme point on Bald-head or some other convenient place near the bar of said river, in order that vessels may be enabled thereby to avoid the great shoal called Frying-Pan."
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Bald Head or Baldhead may also refer to: Place. Bald Head River (Newfoundland) Baldhead River (Ontario) Bald Head, Maine, a village; Bald Head Island, North Carolina, ...
The Bald Head Island Conservancy (BHIC) [1] is a non-profit organization founded November 7, 1983. BHIC's mission is barrier island conservation, preservation and education. It is located in the Smith Island Complex in Brunswick County, North Carolina, which includes Bald Head Island, Middle and Bluff Islands, all of which are bounded by the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean.
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A view of the Bald Head Island and the Old Baldy Lighthouse from the shipping channel in the Cape Fear River Within a few short years others from Barbados, again led by Col. John Yeamans, would return to the eastern American coast to help realize Yeaman's dream of new "Charleston" near Port Royal, South Carolina, [ 9 ] a town that would quickly ...
Bald Head Lighthouse, known as Old Baldy, is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. [2] It is the second of three lighthouses that have been built on Bald Head Island since the 18th century to help guide ships past the dangerous shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.