Cape Fear River

The entrance into the River, now called Cape Fear River, the situation of the Cape, and trending of the land, is plainly laid down to the eye in the Map annexed.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.

unknown title 2009

A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.

unknown title 2009

A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.

unknown title 2009

This fiioal lies at the entrance of Cape Fear River, which is formey Bornou, and on the w by the defents mels, beeves, fljeep, and the fineft horfes of Zahara, lying between 25 and 3o9. k in Barbary. lat.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

In February, 2010, I reported on the grassroot effort to derail Titan America's plan to build the 4th largest cement plant in the nation in Castle Hayne on Cape Fear River near Wilmington, NC.

Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011

Greenpeace and UNCW ECO hosted a day of "non-violent direct action" NVDA training and held a vigil at Progress Energy's 672 MW coal-fired Sutton plant on Cape Fear River.

Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011

In February, 2010, I reported on the grassroot effort to derail Titan America's plan to build the 4th largest cement plant in the nation in Castle Hayne on Cape Fear River near Wilmington, NC.

Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011

The Big City: Downtown Wilmington, a twenty-minute drive west of the beach, is edged by the Cape Fear River.

Fathom: Hanging Onto Summer In Wrightsville Beach, NC Fathom 2011

State authorities didn't add Melton Robinson Jr., 27, whose corpse surfaced in the Cape Fear River last Sunday, to its death toll list until the middle of the week.

The Fog of Death Tolls Mike Esterl 2011