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unusual facts about Cape Fear



Barrie Chase

Other film and television roles included The George Raft Story; the beating victim of a sadistic Robert Mitchum in the thriller Cape Fear; and the dancing, bikini-clad girlfriend of Dick Shawn's maniacal character in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

Colony of Virginia

Initially, the term "Virginia" was applied to the entire eastern coast of North America from the 34th parallel (near Cape Fear) north to the 48th parallel, including the shorelines of Acadia and a large portion of inland Canada.

The London Company was permitted to establish between the 34th parallel and the 41st parallel (approximately between Cape Fear and Long Island Sound), and also owned a large portion of Atlantic and Inland Canada.

Henry Bumstead

Bumstead worked on many films during his career, including: Slap Shot, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, Cape Fear, Unforgiven, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Space Cowboys, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby.

Lori Martin

In 1962, Martin won the role of Nancy Bowden in the film Cape Fear which also starred Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, and Robert Mitchum.

Sonny Seiler

The firm's office, Armstrong House, as well as other locations in Savannah, were also featured in the original 1962 version of the film Cape Fear starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum.


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Brunswick Town, North Carolina

In 1899, the newly formed Cape Fear Chapter of the North Carolina Society of The Colonial Dames of America visited the Brunswick Town to pay homage to Revolutionary War casualties.

Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway

The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway was created in 1879 with the consolidation of the Western Railroad and the Mount Airy Railroad.

Grady Howard

He was a member of Cape Fear Valley Hospital's original board of trustees and a member of Highland Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina although he attended the First Presbyterian Church in Spring Lake for more than 50 years.

NoPort Southport

In late June, 2010, in rapid succession, all of the six municipalities in the lower Cape Fear area adopted resolutions opposing the NCIT project; the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation prohibiting the use of public funds for the project; and the US Congressman for the affected district, Mike McIntyre, announced his opposition to the project.

South Carolina Pacific Railway

For three decades ownership of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley changed hands repeatedly, until a North Carolina Supreme Court decision in 1924.

Southport, North Carolina

In response to these attacks, Governor Gabriel Johnston in 1744 appointed a committee to select the best location to construct a fort for the defense of the Cape Fear River region.