False Channel
False Channel is a channel in Brunswick, North Carolina. False Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Caswell Historic District, as well as near the village Caswell Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prices Creek Lighthouse and J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Prices Creek Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hennap, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near Southport, North Carolina. It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from Cape Fear to Wilmington, North Carolina. Prices Creek Lighthouse is situated 2 miles north of False Channel.
J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital
Hospital
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Dosher Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, public, community hospital in Southport, North Carolina. The hospital serves Smithville Township—Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and the eastern portion of St. J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital is situated 2½ miles northwest of False Channel.
Hatch Auditorium
Church
Hatch Auditorium is a facility of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell. The auditorium is situated next to the old Fort Caswell and faces the parade ground. Hatch Auditorium is situated 2 miles southwest of False Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Fort Caswell Historic District.
Southport
Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southport is a city on the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Back in the 18th century, British settlements along this stretch of coast were afflicted by buccaneers and Spanish frigates to the point that a fortification named Fort Johnston had to be built, around which a town then called Smithville after Revolutionary War figure Benjamin Smith took shape, which eventually became known as Southport.
Fort Caswell Historic District
Hamlet
The Fort Caswell Historic District is located on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Fort Caswell Historic District is situated 2 miles southwest of False Channel.
Bald Head Island
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Bald Head Island is a 2 mi journey across the Cape Fear River from Southport, North Carolina and the site of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest standing lighthouse, circa 1817.
False Channel
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.9099° or 33° 54′ 36″ northLongitude
-77.98916° or 77° 59′ 21″ westOpen location code
8754W256+X8GeoNames ID
4465929
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