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5 unusual facts about Cape Fear River


Clachan, Kintyre

Once the home of Coll McAlester, who led the first large settlement of highlanders in North Carolina at Cross Creek in the Cape Fear River valley in 1739, and later the home of Sir William Mackinnon, the house is now a self-catering residence.

Frederick Baldwin Adams

With the small fortune he made from his business interests, Adams maintained a house in New York, a summer home on Campobello Island, and a plantation on the Cape Fear River.

Ignatius Pell

While waiting out the Atlantic hurricane season in the estuary of Cape Fear River, Ignatius took part in a battle between the Royal James and the Henry and its accompanying sloop, pirate hunters commanded by William Rhett and commissioned by South Carolina governor Robert Johnson (governor).

Pliogonodon

The holotype, known as USNM 7448, is a worn and broken tooth found from Phoebus Landing on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

Robert Delford Brown

Brown was found dead on March 24, 2009 in the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he had moved in 2007 to prepare for an exhibition at the Cameron Art Museum.


East Coast Greenway

A planned alternative to the Richmond-Wilmington leg of the journey hews closer to the coast, passing through Virginia Beach in the Tidewater region and continuing on through the Elizabeth City, Greenville, New Bern and Jacksonville in North Carolina before rejoining the main line near the mouth of the Cape Fear River at Wilmington.

Elwell Ferry

Elwell Ferry is an inland cable ferry which has operated since 1905 on Elwell Ferry Road between NC Highway 53 and NC Highway 87, crossing the Cape Fear River and connecting the communities of Carvers Creek and Kelly in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Kure Beach, North Carolina

On the night of July 24/25, 1943, a German U-boat fired at least three shells to attack the "Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company" plant at "Kure's Beach" (post-war: Kure Beach), but instead hit the Cape Fear River.


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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.