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It is a part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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]
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."
The shoals have been patrolled by a lightboat since 1854 by the United States Coast Guard. [3] In 1966, the light tower was built, and was staffed year-round by a four-person crew until the operation of the light was automated in 1979. [4]
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Bald Head Creek Boathouse is a historic boathouse located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River at Smith's Island, Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915 by the United States Lighthouse Service. It is a one-story, side-gabled weathered frame structure. It sits among salt marshes on wooden pilings. [2]
Although technically no longer an island since Corncake Inlet shoaled up in the late 1990s, meaning deer can migrate from southern New Hanover County, Bald Head's deer population is very well ...
Bodie Island Light: Nags Head: 1847 (First) 1872 (Current) 1940 Active First-order Fresnel: 156 ft (48 m) Campbell Island Light None Known Wilmington: Unknown 1849 [2] Never 1865 [2] (Destroyed) None 25 ft (7.6 m) [2] Cape Fear Light: Cape Fear