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  2. Albemarle Sound - Wikipedia

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    The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The water bordering the eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as Roanoke Sound (this is also a historical name for the entire body of water now known as Albemarle Sound [1] [2]). The long stretch of water from near the ...

  3. Battle of Albemarle Sound - Wikipedia

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    A map of the battle. James W. Cooke, commander of Albemarle sailed out of Plymouth in early May 1864, along with the captured steamer CSS Bombshell and the transport CSS Cotton Plant. Steaming south toward New Bern, Cooke ran into a Union fleet at the mouth of Albemarle Sound, commanded by Captain Melancton Smith.

  4. Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 5 counties of Dare , Hyde , Beaufort , Tyrrell , and Washington all lie wholly or partly on the peninsula.

  5. Alligator River (North Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    Albemarle Sound • average: 619.03 cu ft/s (17.529 m 3 /s) at mouth with Albemarle Sound [6] Basin features; Progression: North: River system: Albemarle Sound: Tributaries • left: New Lake Fork Northwest Fork Gum Neck Creek Goose Creek Second Creek Little Alligator River • right: Swan Creek Whipping Creek Milltail Creek

  6. Albemarle Settlements - Wikipedia

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    When it was learned that the Albemarle settlements were not included in the Carolina proprietary grant of 1663, a new charter was granted in 1665 which included them. A government was instituted in the region of Albemarle Sound in 1664; and within a decade, settlements extended from the Chowan River to Currituck Sound, known as Albemarle County ...

  7. Template:Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia

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    "Intracoastal Waterway Norfolk to Albemarle Sound via North Landing River or Dismal Swamp Canal" (PDF) (35 ed.). NOAA. 1 December 2015 "Intracoastal Waterway Albermarle Sound to Neuse River;Alligator River;Second Creek" (PDF) (31 ed.).

  8. Albemarle County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Albemarle County was named for George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, one of the eight Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, for whom the Albemarle Sound is also named. It contained approximately 1,600 square miles of territory, though its boundaries were not precise. [ 1 ]

  9. North Carolina Highway 94 - Wikipedia

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    Albemarle Sound Bridge. The route spans the Albemarle Sound at the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Albemarle Sound Bridge, connecting Chowan and Washington Counties. It also crosses Lake Mattamuskeet at the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. The highway passes through the following municipalities: Swan Quarter, North Carolina; Fairfield, North Carolina