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Fort Fisher, NC

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Today I spent some time at Battery Hill in Fort Fisher. From the hill you can see the State Ports up north in Wilmington, to the west is Southport across the river with Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant visible, and south you can see “The Rocks”, a project from the late 1860s to protect the shipping channel in the Cape Fear River from shoaling. The Rocks is essentially a barrier wall, like a jetty, that stretches from Battery Island to Zeke’s Island.

I walked from the hill across The Rocks almost all the way to Zeke’s Island, but had to turn back – what remains of the 150 year old wall is treacherous at points. But I got some good shots from the areas I was able to access. There were many people around – hiking the rocks, or fishing, or just chilling out under an umbrella.

Here are some of the better shots I took.

A young man casts a net into the water of the Cape Fear River.
Pine trees stand tall in Carolina Beach State Park.
A view of a coastal pine forest in Carolina Beach State Park.
A view of the coastal pine forest at Carolina Beach State Park.
A bird searches for food in the salt marsh next to Battery Hill, Fort Fisher, NC.
A piece of drift wood covered with bore holes from aquatic life lies on the shore of the Cape Fear River near Battery Hill, Fort Fisher, NC.
A bird searches for food in the salt marsh next to Battery Hill, Fort Fisher, NC.
Close up detail of bore holes in drift wood.
A man casts his net into the water in the Cape Fear River just south of Battery Hill, Fort Fisher.
Pilings protrude from the sand along the bank of the Cape Fear River near Battery Hill, Fort Fisher.
Seagulls wander the waters edge near the ferry landing at Fort Fisher, NC.
A snail clings to a blade of grass in the salt marsh along the bank of the Cape Fear River near Battery Hill in Fort Fisher.

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