Coast chart no. Cape Fear and approaches including the river to Wilmington

• Main Author: United States Coast Survey.
• Language: English
• Published: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources 1870
• Subjects: Nautical charts > North Carolina > Cape Fear River; Smith Island
• Online Access: http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/ncmaps,7272

A manuscript annotation in red pencil on the back of this map identifies it as being an incomplete version of coast chart no. 150 pulled from a plate made in 1870. The map was prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey under the direction of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) as one in the series of numbered charts depicting the Atlantic coast of the United States. The triangulation was executed by Charles Pattison Bolles and A. S. Wadsworth and topography by Bolles and John Mechan. The map portrays the coastline of North Carolina from Masonboro Inlet to Shallotte Inlet and the Cape Fear River from its mouth to Wilmington. Topographical features are shown. Soundings are given, and the depth of the water is also indicated by contours. Chart no. 150 was later replaced by and is nearly identical to a map entitled United States - East Coast North Carolina Old Topsail Inlet to Shallotte Inlet including Cape Fear. This map was formerly classified as 33 MAP-43-5.