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Southeast, North Carolina
Brunswick Town NC
Colonial waterfront, Fort Anderson
Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1726 colonial Cape Fear port burned 1776, overlaid by Civil War Fort Anderson, ECU archaeologists found four eroding colonial-era shipwrecks on the waterfront in 2025
ECU 2025 survey documented four at-risk shipwrecks and eroding wharf remains along this foreshore
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Soft tidal mudSubmerged snags, alligators possible
Keep exploring nearby
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