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Smithville Township, occupying 79 sq mi (200 km 2) of land and 120.3 sq mi (312 km 2) of water, is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast and encompasses the towns of Oak Island, Southport, Caswell Beach, and Bald Head Island. [1] It is the site of the Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station.
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."
Haglund explained the trip from Burlington to Bald Head Island wasn’t too bad. “It was only three-and-a-half hours,” Haglund said. “In the beginning, I was commuting almost every weekend.”
Brunswick County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.It is the southernmost county in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,693. [1] Its population was only 73,143 in 2000, making it one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [2]
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After a successful cull and contraceptive program last decade, the Brunswick County island's deer herd is again increasing, up 20% since 2020.
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 ...
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