Record #:

4782

Author(s):

Smith, Pam

Abstract:

Historic Bald Head Lighthouse, built on Bald Head Island in 1817-1818, is North Carolina's oldest surviving lighthouse. It was neither the first or the last lighthouse to send a guiding beacon to mariners entering the Cape Fear River. Smith chronicles their history.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Autumn 2000, p15, il

Subject(s):

Bald Head Lighthouse; Lighthouses--Bald Head Island