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From Swansboro to Calabash, this coastline sparkles along Onslow Bay and
tucks itself into Long Bay where you can actually see a sunset over the
ocean.
The port of Wilmington with its historic district and upscale waterfront is the crown jewel. As the majestic Cape Fear River broadens, it passes Southport-by-the-Sea and rolls toward the point once called Cape Fair.
Gracious and gallant southern history is preserved at plantation houses and their grounds, Civil War forts, an American Revolution battlefield, the colonial Brunswick Town seaport and a WWII battleship.
Camp Lejeune, the world's most complete amphibious marine training base, dominates the region's northern reaches, and the expansive Holly Shelter Game Land shows its nature.
An intimacy with the sea gives the South Coast genuine fishing villages along the real Ocean Highway (U.S. 17), superb sailing in the Intracoastal Waterway, Bald Head lighthouse, seaside golf courses and family-friendly beach towns among its islands.