Fishing Creek
Fishing Creek is a stream in Brunswick, North Carolina. Fishing Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Coolvale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station and Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point.
Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres at 20 feet above sea level about 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2 miles southwest of Fishing Creek.
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point
Military installation
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point is one of the largest military terminals in the world. It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army and is operated by the 596th Transportation Brigade. Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point is situated 1½ miles north of Fishing Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Kure Beach.
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.
Kure Beach
Photo: Jeremy Markovich, CC BY 2.0.
Kure Beach is a beach town near Wilmington, North Carolina – "nice, slow-mo and conservative" in the words of its former mayor.
Boiling Spring Lakes
Village
Boiling Spring Lakes is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,943 at the 2020 census, up from 5,372 in 2010. Boiling Spring Lakes is situated 6 miles northwest of Fishing Creek.
Fishing Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.98156° or 33° 58′ 54″ northLongitude
-77.98916° or 77° 59′ 21″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8754X2J6+J8GeoNames ID
4466307
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