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The main road through the town is North Carolina Highway 179 (Beach Drive), leading west to U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina and east by a winding route 15 miles (24 km) to Shallotte. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Calabash has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km 2 ), of which 3.3 square miles (8.6 km 2 ) is land ...
The North Carolina Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores, west of Beaufort, provides a morning of viewing sharks, snapping turtles, otters and other coastal creatures. Four state aquariums punctuate the ...
The North Carolina Coastal Federation is a nonprofit organization that works with coastal residents and visitors to protect and restore the beautiful and productive N.C. coast. [1] The four main areas in which the federation operates include: coastal advocacy ; environmental education ; habitat and water quality restoration and preservation ...
Former landmarks that once stood in this vicinity include the Little Richmond School and a former United States post office called Rusk. Generally, the community resides near the junction of Snow Creek and the Mitchell River and has an elevation of 1,110 feet (340 m) above sea level ( Powell 1968 , p. 291).
Scotland County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Its county seat is and largest community is Laurinburg.The county was formed in 1899 from part of Richmond County and named in honor of the Scottish settlers who occupied the area in the 1700s.
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...
Carolina Shores is located in southwestern Brunswick County. Its southwestern border is the South Carolina state line; the town of Calabash borders Carolina Shores to the south. U.S. Route 17 (Ocean Highway) forms the northwestern border of the town; the highway leads 47 miles (76 km) northeast to Wilmington and 24 miles (39 km) southwest to ...