Oak Island Light
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Oak Island Light in North Carolina is the newest and most powerful beam among U.S. lighthouses. Built in 1958 to signal the entrance to the Cape Fear River, the first light raised on the North Carolina - Virginia - Maryland coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in 54 years, the 155-ft. Oak Island Light replaced the Cape Fear Light across the Cape Fear River on Bald Head Island. Its gray, white and black color bands are mixed in the cement and require no painting. The rotating beam reaches off shore 19 nautical miles to protect ships from the Frying Pan Shoals. Cape Fear River accesses the port of Wilmington.
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Casual Lunch
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Not far from the wooden docks at Southport, North Carolina, one of the most peaceful spots on the southeastern U.S. coastline, this hungry gentleman drops by for lunch at the Provision Company at the end of Yacht Basin Street. He likes the bohemian atmosphere at this eatery where he can chow down on fish right at the front door while the two-legged mammals dine on grouper on the back deck overlooking the work boats. By the way, this guy's family probably is dining in a marsh or creek somewhere on fish, frogs, salamanders, snakes, crayfish, mice, crickets, and grasshoppers.
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